October 29, 2019 Micromanagement October 29, 2019/ Abby McBride View this post on Instagram Who’s in charge, an animal or the bacteria in its gut? According to an @oikosjournal paper that I illustrated (by Macke et al.), gut microbes can drive the ecology and evolution of their hosts—like these lichen-eating reindeer. More at http://www.oikosjournal.org/forum. #ecology #art #illustration #drawing #wildlife #bacteria #animal #mammal #nature #cartoon #science #research #scientistsofinstagram #painting #oikosforum #scienceinpictures A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Oct 23, 2019 at 8:47am PDT