Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

The ichthyologist Dr. Carl Hubbs arrived at Scripps in 1944, and he separated the biological collections into the marine vertebrates and invertebrates. In 1951 the T.W. Vaughan Aquarium-Museum was ...

Invertebrate Paleontology now has over 300,000 cataloged fossil marine invertebrates, terrestrial invertebrates, and plants in the collection.

Their bodies are soft and water-filled with very little in the way of a skeleton. Their skin is leathery and doesn’t have any ...

The sea surface is home to a diverse group of animals adapted to life in the open ocean, but increasingly, they’re sharing that space with plastic debris. This year, neuroscience researchers made ...

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 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Parvancorina minchami, an ancient seafloor creature from 550 million years ago, exhibited growth and lifespan patterns similar to modern marine invertebrates ...

Marine invertebrate voucher specimens in the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Photo: ...