More than 95% of Australian animals are invertebrates (animals without backbones—spiders, snails, insects, crabs, worms and others). There are at least 300,000 species of invertebrate in Australia. Of ...

Invertebrate Animals: The animal kingdom is full of diverse species, each uniquely adapted to survive in its environment. Among them is a vast group known as invertebrates, animals that do not have a ...

Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth—from hostile ...

If you see a funky-looking blob while you’re fishing in Ohio, don't look away. It could be a colony of numerous animals. Invertebrates in this colony, known as the bryozoan or "moss animals," reside ...

Octopuses are a famous example for invertebrates. Source: Maël BALLAND/Pexels In a recent article, published in Animal Sentience (the flagship journal for animal consciousness) by Heather Browning and ...

Considering the recent cold temperatures and winter weather throughout our region, I thought a timely topic might be considering how invertebrate animals rebound after such harsh periods. Regarding ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over recent decades, animal advocacy efforts have been mainly geared towards domesticated animals – including farmed, laboratory and companion ...

Researchers have elucidated the evolutionary origins of placodes and neural crests, which are defining features of vertebrates, through lineage tracing and genetic analysis in Ciona intestinalis, a ...

It’s been a busy few weeks in the news in so very many ways, including for science stories about creepy-crawlies and other unsightly animals that make most people—unfairly—recoil in horror. First, ...

Learn how lobsters treated with aspirin and lidocaine better withstand electric shocks, raising questions about more humane ...