Plastic bubbles in a found bird's nest echo the plastic found in nests and bird stomachs on Midway Island, in the remotest part of the Pacific. Baby birds die because the parents pick plastic to feed them out of the Great Pacific Gyre, where the world's plastic collects and breaks down into smaller and smaller bite-sized pieces.

Digital Photo
2014

2011
Digital Photograph


This bee, newly born, suffers from K-wing syndrome, a birth deformity that will make it impossible for her to fly. Her sisters had already pushed her from the hive; without them, she cannot survive for any longer than a day.

2011
Digital Photograph through microscope

Close up of natural honeycomb, showing the crystalline structure of the tiny plates of wax chewed by mandibles and pressed together into nature's most perfect form.

2012
Digital Photograph
Taken in Canal Winchester, Ohio

Microscopic Photograph
2012

Microscopic Photograph
2012

Microscopic Photograph
2014

Microscopic Photograph
2014

Microscopic Photograph
2014