Lens of Time: Witch Hazels Take FlightVideo 10.08.2025Investigating the mechanics of seed dispersal in an unusual shrub in eastern North America has revealed that some plants have powers of propulsion equal to the planet’s fastest animals.
Lens of Time: A Watershed in MotionVideo 05.29.2025Where does our water come from, how do the variations in its flow affect the ecosystems it feeds, and how can time-lapse photography help land managers understand and protect this valuable resource?
Lens of Time: Tiny FliersVideo 12.27.2024As ubiquitous as flight may be in the natural world, it turns out not all flying creatures approach the feat in quite the same way.
Lens of Time: Jaw JumpersVideo 07.30.2019Sometimes the best solution to a sticky situation is a quick escape, and few escapes are faster than a trap-jaw ant’s.
Lens of Time: The Art of Staying StableVideo 08.27.2018A tiny copper cannonball is no match for this hawkmoth’s hovering prowess.
Lens of Time: Growing Against the OddsVideo 06.12.2018As reefs endure another onslaught, scientists are taking a closer look at how corals live and grow—and what may enable some of them to persist in a changing world.
Lens of Time: Huddle MastersVideo 04.24.2018Emperor penguins just may be the best huddlers on Earth—and scientists are finally revealing the secrets to their success.
Lens of Time: A Record-Breaking Tongue LashingVideo 01.17.2018The smallest chameleons on Earth perform one of the most explosive movements in the animal kingdom.
Lens of Time: When Plants Fight BackVideo 11.07.2017Under cover of subtlety and slow-motion, plants not only perceive the organisms around them, they respond—and in some cases, prepare for battle.
Lens of Time: Secrets of SchoolingVideo 08.08.2017Shimmering schools of fish have dazzled scientists for centuries with their synchronized maneuvers. Now, high-speed video is revealing how—and why—they do it.
Lens of Time: Building a Butterfly WingVideo 02.15.2017Scientists open a window—literally—into a process that normally remains hidden deep inside a butterfly’s chrysalis.
Lens of Time: Velvet Worms—Secret of the SlimeVideo 12.13.2016Physics and biology meet to create one of the world’s strangest weapons: the slime cannon.
Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds HoverVideo 10.18.2016Armed with the latest technology, scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.
Lens of Time: Spider SeductionVideo 09.13.2016For these jumping spiders, stayin’ alive requires all the right dance moves—and the perfect soundtrack, too.
Lens of Time: Bat BalletVideo 08.02.2016Hundreds of thousands of bats emerge from a hole in the ground, and scientists with high-speed video cameras are there to make sense of the overwhelming spectacle.
Lens of Time: Corals in MotionVideo 06.18.2016Corals occupy their own time dimension, but if given enough time, they reveal a surprising array of behaviors that give them an edge deep below the ocean’s surface.
Lens of Time: Slime LapseVideo 06.07.2016What these single-celled, gelatinous blobs lack in brain power, they make up for with surprisingly complex decision-making.
Lens of Time: Bumper BeesVideo 04.26.2016See how scientists use high-speed videography to investigate—and learn from—the clumsy flight of the bumblebee.
Bat OddsSpotlight 10.31.2017We’ve feared and maligned them for centuries, but it’s the bats that really have something to be afraid of.
