In the wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in extraordinary behavior—tilling the soil to create ...

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

Back in 2008, the bees in Lars Chittka’s honey bee (Apis mellifera) laboratory at Queens University of London started behaving as if they were seeing ghosts. In the Chittka lab, bees are housed ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

A lack of backbone frequently plagues members of the Florida Legislature, where proposals are altered because lawmakers won't stand up to pressure.

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 ...

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 ...