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Guest editors Ricardo Henriques, Christophe Leterrier and Aubrey Weigel tell us about the background and content of this new special feature in Open Biology.

Louisiane Ferlier describes how specimens sent to the Royal Society by Dutch scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek were photographed for our Science in the Making platform.

A two-day conference, marking the 300th anniversary of the death of Dutch microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, will be held at the Royal Society in September.

Sandra Santos discovers how improvements in microscopes, and the invention of photomicrography, opened up a whole new world to scientists.

Louisiane Ferlier shares her excitement at the launch of the Royal Society's digital version of Robert Hooke’s classic book 'Micrographia' (1665).

As our copy of Robert Hooke's 'Micrographia' goes off for conservation, we look at the printing history behind the book's iconic images.

Keith Moore takes a close look at the work of extraordinary microscope artists, from Robert Hooke to Philip Henry Gosse and John Denis Macdonald.

Felicity Henderson admires Robert Hooke's 'Micrographia' (1665), praised by Samuel Pepys as 'the most ingenious book that ever I read in my life'.

The story of the first British flea circus, in 1743, can be seen in a document from the Society’s archives.

Uta Frith looks at the life of Mary Buckland, née Morland, fossil collector, geologist and artist.