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This is a list of featured pictures from the Biology portal, sorted in reverse-chronological order.

Contents 1 December 3, 2007 2 April 23, 2007 3 February 12, 2007 4 December 12, 2006 5 October 12, 2006 6 September 20, 2006 7 2006-07-25 8 July 11, 2006 9 May 19, 2006 10 April 10, 2006 11 March 8, 2006 12 March 1, 2006 13 February 23, 2006 14 February 8, 2006 15 January 30, 2006 16 January 23, 2006 17 January 15, 2006 18 January 5, 2006 19 December 28, 2005 20 December 26, 2005 21 November 25, 2005

[edit] December 3, 2007

Photo credit: Keith Weller (USDA) Biodiversity is the diversity of and in living nature. Diversity, at its heart, implies the number of different kinds of objects, such as species. To increase the genetic diversity of U.S. corn, the Germplasm Enhancement for Maize (GEM) project seeks to combine exotic germplasm, such as this unusually colored and shaped maize from Latin America, with domestic corn lines.

[edit] April 23, 2007

Photo credit: BS Thurner Hof A male Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) displaying its feathers. The tail feathers of the male are among the most studied sexually selected traits.

[edit] February 12, 2007

Photo credit: Janek Pfeifer A mating pair of European or Common Toads (Bufo bufo) occupying the position known as amplexus. This is indeed a common toad, with a range that includes North Africa, Europe except Ireland, and across North Asia into Siberia. In some regions, toads are threatened by roads disrupting their spawning migrations, and in many places, tunnels have been built to allow them to cross roads.

[edit] December 12, 2006

Photo credit: Mariana Ruiz Villarreal Two Centrosauri in an artist's impression of male combat.

[edit] October 12, 2006

Photo credit: Exlibris The vibrissae of a culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the Patagonian fox, a South American canid.

[edit] September 20, 2006

Photo credit: Ksoth A Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) from Nosy Be, Madagascar, displaying mating colors.

[edit] 2006-07-25

Photo credit: Bernard Landgraf The Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a small bear-like mammal native to the Himalayas and southern China.

[edit] July 11, 2006

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) flowers are produced from March to May, with 8-12 delicate white petals and yellow stamens

[edit] May 19, 2006

A crab from the genus Mictyris that lives in the Indo-Pacific region.

[edit] April 10, 2006

Two flies of the family Anthomyiidae mating.

[edit] March 8, 2006

Three types of cell reproduction are compared: the relatively simple binary fission and two more complicated types that either involve mitosis or meiosis.

[edit] March 1, 2006

Fruit of the Horse Chestnut tree. The dried seeds are often used in the English children's game: Conker.

[edit] February 23, 2006

A female Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), seen here perched on barbed wire. This bird is native to Australia

[edit] February 8, 2006

A furry bumblebee gathers pollen.

[edit] January 30, 2006

Compound eye of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba

[edit] January 23, 2006

A Caribbean Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea), part of the family Loliginidae.

[edit] January 15, 2006

A polydactyl human hand.

[edit] January 5, 2006

An Antarctic Icefish (family Channichthyidae).

[edit] December 28, 2005

Two North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis)

[edit] December 26, 2005

A Chinstrap Penguin hunting for krill (Pygoscelis antarctica)

[edit] November 25, 2005

Side view of the Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)