The Amazing Protists!

Rotifera. 325x. DIC.

Paramecium aurelia in the final stage of cell division. 400x, DIC.

Micro Eye Candy!

Paramecium bursaria. 40x-600x. Darkfield, ploarized light.

The Amazing Water Bear! Ancient Alien?

The Incredible Microscopic Annelid Worm, "Aeolosoma". Darkfield, DIC Lighting. 125x-800x.

There Will Be Blood! White Blood Cell Activity. 800-1000X, Darkfield.

A Life and Death Drama Plays Out...(with low power clip for size reference)

Ciliated Protozoa Heals From Catastrophic Cell Membrane Failure! Darkfield Phase Contrast Combo

Four Heads Are Better Than One! A Quad-nucleated Protozoan During Cell Division.

Paramecium bursaria, P. caudatum, Oxytricia. 400-1000X, DIC.

Various protists including Stentor from a coastal stream. DIC, 325X.

Water Bear (Tardigrade) in darkfield and polarized light. 100-350X

My microscopy footage from the BBC Brian Cox documentary "Wonders of Life". Episode 2.

Euglena viridis caught in the vortex of a spinning Paramecium aurelia. 325-1500X. DIC

My microscopic footage used in the new Anand Gandhi film, "The Ship of Theseus".

Ciliated Protozoa; Internal Detail. 1500-2500X

The Amazing Protists!

Paramecium aurelia, 400X. DIC

How a Paramecium Eats!

Birefringence in Paramecium caudatum. Darkfield and polarized Light. 225-900X

The Awesome Protists!

Love in the Afternoon! Conjugation in Ciliated Protozoa! Extreme HD!

Wave Swept Cilia Undulating Wildly in the Hidden World!