We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!

As strange as the creatures of the microcosmos are, their lives still revolve around the same fundamentals that ours do. There’s food, reproduction, and death. Yes, even microbes, hardy as they can be, experience death. In some ways,...

These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.

How do stentors make more stentors? Does Paramecium reproduce sexually or asexually? Find out on this week's journey as we explore the ways the microcosmos reproduce!

The Algae That Saved an Astronaut's Life

Microbe Hunting in Antarctica

This week, the microcosmos meet the cosmos as we explore even more fascinating things about our friend, the tardigrade. We'll discuss their weird weird mouths, how we take care of our tardigrades, and what's going to happen to those...

The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra

Where is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones?

Didinium The Paramecium Hunter

Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation

How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells

How big or small are viruses really? This video shows you how you can make a scale model to find out and compare the size of a virus to many other small objects. How much bigger do you think a pencil dot is compared to a coronavirus?

Lab Exercise 2: Microscopes and Cell Shapes

This week, we're taking a bit of a break, but we thought you might also like one. So, today, let's all just sit and look at our lovely little friends while we take a breath and enjoy Andrew Huang's amazing music.

Can Algae Fuel Our Cars

The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates

It’s fun to watch organisms eat in the microcosmos. There’s a whole range of methods to enjoy. And at the core of all this is a simple, universal need: energy, stored chemically as adenosine triphosphate—or ATP—that’s made from the...

BONUS VIDEO The Microcosmos Microscope

There’s a story behind every microbe’s name, and that of the Phacus smulkowskianus is surprisingly sweet.

Yeast: the most coveted microbe during this pandemic. This week we’re taking a close look at the little guys that make up our bread and beer and the vital role they’ve had for thousands of years.

Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.

Microbiology: Gram Staining

Arthrobotrys is a genus of fungi that not only kills nematodes, but it also sets traps in order to catch them!