Biology is a complex, dynamic, and networked system wherein all life is connected. The developing fields of epigenetics, the microbiome, and even new physiological insights are both fascinating and challenging to understand and to teach, as they help connect us to the planet, health, disease, and evolution. To appreciate the vast, transient nature of evolving life, including the evolving and ecologically connected life of humans, we need to be able to conceptualize, visualize, and even illustrate hypotheses about biological systems. My research focuses on a wide variety of topics, particularly the dynamic and entangled world of molecular systems as well as the "big" eco-evolutionary arena of life and how to narrate and explore these events and systems. To explore nature and the nature of life, we need astute observational skills and the ability to picture these biological realms in our research, teaching, and continued evaluation of our perceptual constructs about nature. My work includes developing neurodiverse teaching techniques using the arts, writing, and illustration as a skill set specifically tailored to the biological world.