Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

However, a non-profit ocean research team named Kolossal may have finally spotted a juvenile colossal squid as it traversed ...

Biologists used to assume that ribbon worms were short-lived, fragile creatures, the kind of invertebrates that flicker through a few breeding seasons and vanish. Then a single lab animal, known ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in many tropic waters is known to be able to reserve its own life cycle, cheating death.

Following the letter in West Sussex County Times this week ['Water crisis', WSCT, Dec 18]. here are more details on the Water Ecology Team [WET] proposals for Ifield Brook Meadows: ...

Immune memory has long been thought to be restricted to the adaptive immune system of vertebrates. However, several lines of evidence have changed our understanding of immune memory and have shattered ...

Invertebrates are animals lacking a backbone. They comprise the majority of Earth's species. They inhabit oceans, soil, and forests. Invertebrate Animals: The animal kingdom is full of diverse species ...

In the animal phylum Nematomorpha (“thread-shaped” in Greek), horsehair worms are long, slender aquatic worms (also called wire worms). Unlike earthworms, horsehair worms’ smooth bodies are not ...

Associate Curator of Invertebrates Janet Voight was asked to contribute to a book dedicated to octopuses over four years ago and, finally, the 464-page tome, Octopus Biology and Ecology, was recently ...

There are some pretty large animals in the world. Giraffes are notable for their long necks, and whales for their sheer size, but have you ever seen the biggest crab in the world? Coconut crabs are ...

Kate Umbers receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Commonwealth DCCEEW, Hermon Slade Foundation, and Holsworth Foundation. She is affiliated with Invertebrates Australia, Biodiversity ...