Nature - Images of the Year

clipped from www.nature.com Credit: B. COUNSELL/ICON IMAGES Beach Foaming Beaches turned into bubble baths north of Sydney, Australia, this summer, when a perfect confluence of strong currents and myriad marine minutiae created mountains of foam.

Nature - Images of the Year

clipped from www.nature.com Credit: M. THRASHER, H. SWINNEY Splashdown This is a stream of silicone oil captured as it bounces twice before merging into an oil bath. The liquid jet, lubricated by a thin film of air, managed this leap because the oil bath was moving — in this image from left to right.

Behavior Parasites

clipped from takeaction.wordpress.com the orb spider, Plesiometa argyra, is infected by a parasitic wasp that causes it to weave special, wasp-friendly webs before dying gruesomely. Additionally, the barnacle Sacculina will infect the nervous system of crabs, causing them to care for the barnacle’s eggs. If a male crab in infected, it will become protective and maternal towards the alien eggs. clipped from www.margobors.com