Pollen under the microscope. Knowing what types of pollens are out there, and which insects are responsible for spreading them, is vital for preserving biodiversity in the face of environmental change ...

Picking apart pollen, a local lab looks at microscopic images of what’s flying in the air Jenese Harris , Anchor/Meteorologist Published: March 11, 2024 at 5:11 PM Updated: March 18, 2024 at 10: ...

The 2023 biomedical-image winners from the MIT Koch Institute Image Awards include mutant pollen, fruit fly sperm, and a mouse colon.

With pollen expert Madeline Harley, I worked on a 2005 book featuring highly detailed microscope images of pollen. Wolfgang Stuppy, a Kew seed morphologist, approached me in 2006 to do one on seeds.

“Pollen from pine trees are beautiful in the evenings,” Peussa said on Facebook.. “Back in the day when I spent a lot [of time] in Kemiö, I often said that the pine rings were strong there.

These so-called pollen coronas are a result of microscopic pollen diffracting the sun's light. Pollen is produced by flowering plants, and contains the male sex cells of the plants.