Waterbirds

Cormorant

Mallards, domestic ducks, hybrids thereof, and a coot

 Coots on the march

Micrasterias cell division

Time-lapse video of the microscopic green algae Micrasterias in the process of dividing:

"The Rotifera of the Scottish Lochs"

Illustrations of rotifers (microscopic aquatic animals) from a 1906 book. Image from Scientific Illustration.

Sand, magnified

These grains include what looks like a tiny crustacean's claw, a minuscule shell, and spines possibly from a sea urchin. Image from Nikon Small World.

Siphusauctum

Over a century after its initial discovery, the Burgess Shale continues to be a treasure trove of bizarre Cambrian fossils, most recently this tulip-shaped creature:

Reconstruction by Marianne Collins

“Most interesting is that this feeding system appears to be unique among animals. Recent advances have linked many bizarre Burgess Shale animals as primitive members of many animal groups that are found today, but Siphusauctum defies this trend.  We do not know where it fits in relation to other organisms,” said lead author O’Brien.

Via Life Before the Dinosaurs.