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What is the primary function of red blood cells?
A) Fighting infections
B) Clotting blood
C) Carrying oxygen
D) Producing hormones
#redbloodcells #erythrocytes #biology #biochemistry ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1200451698852383

anonitus 47m ago

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#amphibian #biodiversity #translucent #biology
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Fleischmann's glass frog) is a small, translucent tree frog from Central/South America. Transparent ventral skin reveals visible heart and organs. Nocturnal, lives in rainforest canopy, lays eggs on leaves over streams. Males guard clutches. Size: ~2–3 cm. Iconic "see-through" species.

anonitus 49m ago

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#amphibian #biodiversity #translucent #biology
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Fleischmann's glass frog) is a small, translucent tree frog from Central/South America. Transparent ventral skin reveals visible heart and organs. Nocturnal, lives in rainforest canopy, lays eggs on leaves over streams. Males guard clutches. Size: ~2–3 cm. Iconic "see-through" species.

Leanpub 2h ago

Biological Modeling by Phillip Compeau is free with a Leanpub Reader membership! Or you can buy it for $7.99! http://leanpub.com/biologicalmodeling #Biology #ComputerProgramming #BiomedicalEngineering

Biological Modeling

An ebook showing how to model biological systems at multiple scales.

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Scientific Frontline 3h ago

#Probiotics #prebiotics, and #synbiotics are thought to promote #skin health by modifying the gut microbiome, which may in turn improve skin function and resilience.
#Microbiology #NutritionalScience #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mb12062501.html

New study reviews research linking probiotic and prebiotic supplements and skin health

Our diet can influence skin health through its impact on the gut microbiome

Hannes 3h ago

Crustmas day 6! 🦐

I saw some posts with these ostracods (Strandesia sp.(?)) yesterday, so I wanted to share this one. Found in the greenhouses of the botanical gardens in Bonn. If anyone can help ID, that would be amazing! :D

#microscopy #ostracods #crustacean #crustmas #AquaticAnimals #biology #zoology #arthropods #meiofauna #plankton #animals

jnpn 6h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMpPiAJJGfo

#biology #science #logic

"Maths Justifies Metaphysics in Biology" by Denis Noble

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Science | The Guardian 10h ago

UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/06/uk-ivf-couples-use-legal-loophole-rank-embryos-iq-height-health #Fertilityproblems #Genetics #Society #Biology #Science #Health #UKnews #IVF

UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health

British fertility clinics raise scientific and ethical objections over patients sending embryos’ genetic data abroad for analysis

The Guardian

Hannes 15h ago

My Day 5 pic(k) for Crustmas is this
(presumably) female Cymodoce truncata. No spoilers, but some individuals of this species have some really beautiful patterning (I‘m saving those pics for later) :P

#Crustmas #crustacean #isopod #naturephotography #biology #macro #macrophotography #arthropods #marinelife #marinebiology #zoology

Flipboard Science Desk 17h ago

Why do we have two small nostrils instead of one big one? Here's @PopularScience with the answer.

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#Science #Health #Anatomy #Biology

Why we have two nostrils instead of one big hole

Our nostrils share the workload like coworkers on rotation.

Popular Science

D C Fitzgerald 4d ago

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans). Southern US. They like moths, flies, herbivorous insects... Some gardeners like them for natural pest control. They bite which may cause swelling, but they are NOT venomous. If someone likes birds, but hates spiders, just tell them to think of spiders as bird food . #arachnids #biology #nature #gardening #photo #wildlife

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neville park 4d ago

@tangledwing This one is a crab spider (family Thomisidae), one of the flower crab spiders (tribe Misumenini): https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1472438-Misumenini

Lynx spiders (family Oxyopidae) have a "tall" head with a distinctive hexagon of eyes at the top: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/83843-Oxyopidae

See also BugGuide's invaluable spider eye arrangements chart: Oxyopidae (https://bugguide.net/node/view/84423#Oxyopidae) and Thomisidae (https://bugguide.net/node/view/84423#Thomisidae).

Tribe Misumenini

Misumenini is a tribe of spiders in the family Thomisidae (crab spiders). (Source: Wikipedia, 'Misumenini', https://wikipedia.org/wiki/misumenini, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) edoswalt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by edoswalt)

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D C Fitzgerald 4d ago

@nev thanks for the comment. Frustrating. I used three sources to verify the ID. Oh well. I am going to stay with our ID and leave your comment & people sort it for themselves.

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neville park 4d ago

@tangledwing what were your sources?