Researchers led by the University of Hawai’i at Manoa have found that a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean on floating plastic ...

The Nature Conservancy's Diamond Y Spring Preserve is pictured. The Diamond Y Invertebrates (Diamond tryonia, Gonzales tryonia and Pecos amphipod) live in these springs systems. (Jacqueline ...

Accelerating global change continues to threaten Earth’s vast biodiversity, including in the oceans, which remain largely unexplored. To date, only a small fraction of an estimated two million total ...

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 ...

A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788 and between 1-3 additional species become extinct every ...

A visiting research scientist has strengthened the island’s knowledge base on insects and other invertebrate life. Danni Sherwood, a senior conservation officer for the Supporting Atlantic Territories ...

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 ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council contributed to the funding of this study. Lee Brown receives funding from NERC, Royal Geographical Society, EU Martin Wilkes does not work for, consult, ...