More than 90 percent of all animal species are invertebrates. They live on every continent and in every body of water on Earth. Insects, jellyfish, lobsters, worms, clams, and squid are just a few ...

Many scientific endeavors assume that the world can be usefully interpreted with an approach that systematically demonstrates each building block that contributes to the whole. Thus, for example, ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Schoenherr’s blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri) a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from Indonesian New Guinea. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

One in five of the world’s invertebrate species are threatened with extinction, according to the latest report from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). From the checkerspot butterfly to the giant ...

Invertebrates dominate the animal kingdom, making up 97 percent of all creatures. These animals, lacking a backbone, display incredible diversity. From microscopic mites to giant squid, their ...

Gerald Summers, a biology professor at the University of Missouri, explains that invertebrates are animals without a backbone. Even though invertebrates lack a backbone, they can have a type of ...

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A group of science communicators declared March 1-8, 2022 InverteButt Week. What inspired this cheeky holiday? Scientists recently announced that the marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata has hundreds ...