Soil invertebrates, such as termites, ants and earthworms, are found across diverse ecosystems worldwide. By disturbing the soil, they create distinct biological structures such as termite mounds ...

“Just a one-kilometer [distance] between two islands sees a huge change in terms of vegetation types, invertebrates, insects, animals and birds,” he said. Researchers found hermit crabs ...

“Spineless: A Glass Menagerie of Blaschka Marine Invertebrates” is the kind of elegant, small, didactic show that works its wonders along several lines—aesthetic, scientific, ecological ...

The seafloor habitats of Dumpsites 1 and 2, located in the Santa Monica and San Pedro Basins off the coast of Los Angeles, contain discarded barrels and DDT-contaminated sediments, which are also home ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have found that low oxygen levels in seawater could blind some marine invertebrates. These results, ...

Meanwhile, invertebrates are often overlooked. But shows rewilding with invertebrates – insects, worms, spiders and the like – can go a long way in bringing our degraded landscapes back to life.

Vertebrates and invertebrates share the formidable task of accurately establishing the elaborate connections that make up their nervous systems. Researchers investigating this process have the ...

More than 3,600 terrestrial invertebrates have been assessed by the IUCN and 42 per cent are threatened with extinction. Those under pressure include bees, moths and buttterflies.

Summers notes that there are more than 1.5 million types of invertebrates on Earth; the vast majority of animals are classified as invertebrates. Insects, one of the largest of the invertebrate ...