Biology Nerd Gifts

An amoeba is showing his friends his new Plasma TV - 'Hey fellas, check out my new 55 micron plasma!'

'We breathe oxygen in the daytime, what do we breathe at night?' 'Nitrogen.'

"I'm an evolution denier. There's no way those people come from us."

"Don't you remember me? I'm Pete, we met in Mrs Johnson's large intestine."

"Get a womb, you two!"

"Do they enjoy doing osmosis, Mrs. Panofsky?"

"No son of mine is going into entomology."

Worries of the first single cell organism. Should I divide? Maybe I won't like my other self! Maybe it won't like me! Two might be nice company. Three, though, that could be crowded.

No caption. (Frog in laboratory jar holds us "Organ Donor" card.)

Naked Mole Rat

"It was so much fun the first time, I decided to do it again."

"I'm looking more like my father everyday"

'Think about it: With all these predators around, have you ever heard of one of us dying of old age?'

Evolution

"I said the males were 'evolving' – I didn't say they were 'maturing.'"

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

Striving to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, scientists attempt to harness the energy of a toddler's tantrum.

Ascent of Machine.

"Usually gardeners only have green thumbs, so you must really spend a lot of time in the garden."

"With less ice these days this provides better camouflage."

Young Dr. Dolittle.

"You're worried about salmonella? We're vultures for cripes sake!"

"Technically, it's a mammal."

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

The Age of Reptiles. . .

"What the heck? The humans are washing in our waterhole with soap!"

Scientist admires his structure of a dog

"What's a nine-letter word for biotechnology?"

Save the whales. . . Save the pandas. . . Save the planet.

Neil Armstrong Outtakes

'...so if we can save enough maybe, just maybe, next year we'll be migrating courtesy of British Airways.'

How life on Earth really got its start.

Dog forced to return bone

When Cells Divide

"He wants to study bacteria to relate to the counter culture."