What can we learn from seeing the world up close? Life at even the smallest size, like the facets of an insect’s eye, can ...

Following is a transcript of the video. These rotating orbs are alive. Each one is a colony of hundreds of cells which work together to form the lifeform volvox. Volvox is a resident of Brooklyn. But ...

They say love teaches even asses to dance; well it seems the proverb holds true even for some microscopic organisms. Colonies of the common algae Volvox have been observed locked together in “waltz” ...

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 109, No. 3/4 (Fall, 2006), pp. 139-148 (10 pages) Historical and recent reports on Volvox aureus have not satisfactorily explained cellular ...

Some algae have been hanging together rather than going it alone much longer than previously thought, according to new research. Ancestors of Volvox algae made the transition from being a ...

Cell division ensures growth or renewal and is thus vital for all organisms. However, the process differs somewhat in animals, bacteria, fungi, plants, and algae. Until now, little was known about how ...

Researchers have captured the first clear view of the hidden architecture that helps shape a simple multicellular organism, showing how cells work together to build complex life forms. Volvox. The ...

Morphogenetic mutants of the colonial green alga, Volvox carteri f. nagariensis, were induced by chemical mutagenesis. The 68 independent mutants are classified into 12 readily identifiable phenotypes ...

THE scientific history of the freshwater rhizopods begins only a little anterior to the Declaration of Independence. Rösel (1755) knew of the existence of such forms, which puzzled him. Linnæus (1760) ...