From a fascinating zebrafish embryo to an impressive close up of a butterfly wing ... this year went to Dr Oscar Ruiz for his microscopic view of the facial development of a four-day-old zebrafish ...

Destin over at SmarterEveryDay wanted to take an up-close look at the nanostructure of a butterfly’s wing, so he took a few samples to be looked at under a scanning electron microscope.

whereby the larva transforms into a pupa and then an adult. A classic example of this process is the caterpillar's ...

To view the wings without damaging the delicate ... The shimmering hues come from a meticulous arrangement of thousands of microscopic scales on their wings. These tiny structures give the ...

to a pupa (the fly version of a cocoon) and finally, to an adult fly. The use of very elegant genetic techniques and detailed anatomical studies under the microscope allowed the researchers to ...

To view a clip ... Is he finished exploring the world of the monarch butterfly? Hardly. He'd like to look at eggs and sperm under a microscope. He'd like to experiment with in vitro fertilization.

The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly is one of the most exquisite ... beetles and flies all radically remodel their bodies within a pupa as they develop from larvae to adults.

Watching a butterfly emerge from its chrysalis is enough to evoke wonder even from the most world-weary of souls. But rarely do we get to see behind the scenes of the pupa’s transformation. Current ...