“To us, it appeared as if there was something emotional going on, beyond just aversive learning.” Decades ago, scientists and lawmakers had all but reached a consensus that invertebrates could not ...

Butterfly Pavilion’s new exhibit highlights the cultural connections between humans and their invertebrate neighbors.

A Chinese-foreign research team has discovered that soil invertebrates — such as termites, ants, and earthworms — play a crucial role in enhancing soil fertility, improving soil structure and ...

They can be tiny like an insect or huge like the giant squid. Invertebrates are animals that don’t have a spine or backbone inside their body. Minibeasts, like woodlice and centipedes ...

Freshwater invertebrates are an important part of the freshwater ecosystem and food chain, and they can also tell us a lot about the health of a waterbody. If you'd like to learn how to look for them, ...

These slow-moving crabs don’t hunt, preferring to scavenge for dead animal or plant matter, though they may also eat live fish or invertebrates such as other crustaceans. This species is part of ...

The 2021 peer-reviewed study Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment shows that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms needed for healthy soil, ...

The Marine Invertebrates gallery is closed from 10.00-15.30 every other Tuesday. The space is being used for our Adventure Babies event. The gallery may be closed on an irregular basis for other ...

There aren’t as many American bumble bees (Bombus pensylvanicus) as there used to be in the state the insect is named after.