An examination apparatus that can acquire detailed images from a specimen exhibiting dynamic behavior is provided. The examination apparatus comprises an imaging unit that images a specimen exhibiting dynamic behavior; a behavior detecting unit that detects the dynamic behavior of the specimen; an image storing unit that stores the dynamic behavior of the specimen detected by the behavior detecting unit and images of the specimen imaged by the imaging unit so as to be associated with each other; and a still-image extraction unit that extracts an image of the specimen when the specimen is substantially still based on the dynamic behavior of the specimen from the images of the specimen stored in the image storing unit.