The program honors the contributions and service of Hanna Holborn Gray, an HHMI trustee for nearly three decades and a former president of the University of Chicago. During her tenure, the Institute ...

Imagine living your life with a 10-foot–long straw fastened to your face, like this acorn weevil does. That protrusion, called a rostrum, is highly useful for the weevil, however, allowing it to feed ...

These spiked spheres enveloped by blue tendrils are pollen grains infected with parasitic fungi. Some evidence suggests that the fungus uses these pollen grains to travel to new locations and spread.

How tall will any given adolescent human grow? Sometimes doctors will image a teen’s growth plates to find out. This micrograph shows a growth plate and other tissues in a human bone. How tall will ...

What am I looking at? This is a colored scanning electron microscopy image of a human red blood cell infected with the parasite that causes malaria. The infected cell is blue (1), and the uninfected ...

The inner ear is composed of a series of different structures that turn sound waves from the environment into a neuronal signal that can be interpreted by the brain. Sound is essentially pressure ...

This rearing caterpillar will eventually transform into an owl moth – which gets its name from the brown, tan, and black pattern on the wings of the adult moth because they resemble owl feathers. Get ...

Imagine going to the dentist with this set of teeth! These are teeth located on a snail’s “tongue,” or radula, also called a rasper, which is constantly licking the ground to scrape up and transport ...

Beauty is all around us. It is everywhere our eyes can see – in the breathtaking majesty of snowcapped mountains, in the tranquil shores of tropical beaches, and in the faces of those we love. But ...

Beautiful Biology, an initiative of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and its Janelia Research Campus, aims to cultivate interest and curiosity in the life sciences through this portal of stunning ...

Take a visual journey through some of the major concepts in biology. These pathways to discovery were created by educators to help users explore various biological concepts. We would like to extend a ...

Together, we’re unlocking the fundamentals of biology and building an open, inclusive future for science. Learn more about how we’re moving science forward. HHMI hires individuals from all backgrounds ...