Gecko foot anatomy
Gecko foot anatomy showing branched setae under magnification. This microscopic branching is what makes gecko feet so sticky. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Aryee (BBC Books).
Blue mussels Mytilus edulis
Blue mussels Mytilus edulis with byssal threads on wooden piling. Illustration includes barnacles and limpets, and some bladder wrack seaweed. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).
Sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Sundew Drosera rotundifolia with basal rosette of leaves and emerging flowering spikes
Sweetcorn Zea mays
Sweetcorn Zea mays plant
Soybean Glycine max
Soybean Glycine max with pods and one flower
Diagram of a Pollinia
Diagram of a Pollinia and within an orchid flower
