Journey to the Microcosmos: 6x52
When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus?
Oomycetes are one of the more unusual-looking microbes we’ve seen in the microcosmos. It looks more like a coral reef painted by an artist inspired by Gustav Klimt and a pile of trash. And if you saw that painting hanging in the museum, you might pass it by without thinking much of its subject.
6 - 1Giant Microscopic Cannibals Mar. 28, 2022- 6 - 2How Many Cells Are in a Microscopic Animal? Apr. 04, 2022
- 6 - 3The Remarkable Mystery of Land Plants Apr. 11, 2022
- 6 - 4There's More Than Coral at the Coral Farm Apr. 25, 2022
- 6 - 5We Finally Found the Elusive Bristle Worm! May. 02, 2022
- 6 - 6Putting Coral Under the Microscope May. 09, 2022
- 6 - 7How Brownian Motion Helped Prove the Existence of Atoms May. 16, 2022
- 6 - 8How to Not Kill an Extremely Rare Microbe May. 23, 2022
- 6 - 9Mouthless Parasites That Make Their Home In Worm Guts May. 30, 2022
- 6 - 10Can This Baby Rotifer Escape Before It’s Eaten Alive? Jun. 13, 2022
- 6 - 11Bryozoa: Moss Animals That Are Defined by Their Butts Jun. 27, 2022
6 - 12Getting to the Root of Nitrogen Fixation Jul. 04, 2022- 6 - 13
- 6 - 14The Aquatic Snails That Leave a Path of Destruction Jul. 18, 2022
- 6 - 15These Squishy Dots Move So Fast You Might Miss Them Jul. 25, 2022
- 6 - 16Our Tardigrades Got Stuck in a German Post Office Aug. 08, 2022
- 6 - 17These Walking Ciliates Are Frustrating Aug. 15, 2022
- 6 - 18Water Mites: Sticky Dancers with Crystal Poop Aug. 22, 2022
- 6 - 19We Accidentally Grew Crystals Aug. 29, 2022
- 6 - 20Ghost Fleas: Tiny See Through Cyclopses Sep. 05, 2022
- 6 - 21Bacteria That Only Want To Head North Sep. 12, 2022
- 6 - 22The Shared Doom of Microscopic Hitchhikers Sep. 26, 2022
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- 6 - 24These Rotifers Glue Themselves Together Oct. 10, 2022
- 6 - 25Why Are These Single-Celled Organisms So Large? Oct. 17, 2022
- 6 - 26Sand Is Full of Life and Death Nov. 07, 2022
- 6 - 27The 18th Century Tardigrade Debate Nov. 14, 2022
- 6 - 28Is the Mitochondria Always the Powerhouse of the Cell? Nov. 21, 2022
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- 6 - 30How We Got The DNA From This Extremely Rare Ciliate Dec. 05, 2022
- 6 - 31A Microscopic Tour Through A Norwegian Fjord Dec. 12, 2022
- 6 - 32The Illuminating Reason Perenema Curl Up Into a Ball Dec. 19, 2022
- 6 - 33The Collotheca Doesn’t Mind Eating Its Own Babies Jan. 16, 2023
- 6 - 34The Indecisive Evolution of Gastrotrichs Jan. 23, 2023
- 6 - 35How Electricity Brings Order To Chaos Jan. 30, 2023
- 6 - 36The Microcosmos Is Made of Star Stuff Feb. 06, 2023
- 6 - 37Your Mouth Is A Cave For Microbes Feb. 13, 2023
- 6 - 38Microscopic Space Travelers Feb. 20, 2023
- 6 - 39These Microbes Wear Chain Mail Made From DNA Feb. 27, 2023
- 6 - 40How Does Yeast Make Bread? Mar. 06, 2023
- 6 - 41How Do Microbes Make Decisions? Mar. 13, 2023
- 6 - 42How Your Blood Keeps You Alive Mar. 20, 2023
- 6 - 43Can Bacteria Eat Plastic? Apr. 03, 2023
- 6 - 44Lichen: The Mysterious Love Child of Fungi and Algae Apr. 10, 2023
- 6 - 45The Microcosmos Is A Very Stressful Place Apr. 17, 2023
- 6 - 46These Mites Are Probably On Your Face Right Now Apr. 24, 2023
- 6 - 47The Incredible World of Bacterial Communities May. 01, 2023
- 6 - 48The Tube-dwelling Architects Of The Microcosmos May. 08, 2023
- 6 - 49How To Kick Off Your Microscopic Journey May. 15, 2023
- 6 - 50Unboxing Our Microcosmos Microscope! May. 22, 2023
- 6 - 51The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 52When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus? Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 53The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 54Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 55We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow Jun. 16, 2025