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, ...

The litter community of invertebrates is incredibly complex and can be broken into three groups: macroinvertebrates (more than 5 mm), mesoinvertebrates (less than 5 mm) and microbes. We focused on ...

Invertebrates, like vertebrates, are classed by body form, life cycle, and evolutionary history. Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone or bony skeleton.They vary in size from microscopic ...

When plants or parts of them die, billions of small creatures help to break down the organic material. Next to microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi, also some soil-living invertebrates seem to be ...

Fish and invertebrate animals are far more affected by warmer and more acidic seawater than was previously known. The big gain of the new method is that more details become known about effects of ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect vanished from its home, but an effort at zoos in San Diego and Melbourne highlights the possibilities and challenges of conserving invertebrate animals. Lord Howe ...

The vast majority of animals on Earth are invertebrates (animals without backbones) – such as insects, arachnids and crustaceans. These amazing animals are absolutely crucial to our ecosystems: they ...

Credit: Gaorong Li and Xiaodong Wang New fossils hint that the roots of complex animal life stretch further back than ...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Before Animals -- 2. Phylogenetics and the Base of the Animal Tree of Life -- 3. Ctenophora -- 4 ...

Quality welfare requires recognition of pain, stress and distress in aquatic invertebrates including crustaceans, molluscs and cephalopods. Evidence from behavioural, physiological and neurobiological ...

Many of Australia’s natural places are in a poor state. While important work is being done to protect particular species, we must also take a broader approach to returning entire ecosystems to their ...