After cold winters, invertebrates such as honeybees and paper wasps seem to disappear and then suddenly return in large ...

The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

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.

Invertebrate numbers have decreased by 45 percent on average over a 35 year period in which the human population doubled, reports a study on the impact of humans on declining animal numbers. This ...

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Marine invertebrates are impacted by the rising levels of underwater noise produced by humans, but the production of underwater noise is not only difficult to control, but the direct effect on marine ...

FRANKLIN the cuttlefish considered the juicy prawn meat morsel in front of her. As mouth-watering as it looked, she resisted temptation and waited for her favourite meal to become available – live ...

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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 ...

Insects and other invertebrates have declined more in intensively-farmed areas over the last 30 years than in areas of low cropland, a new study has found. Bees and spiders have been the worst ...

Figure 1: Evolution of the virulence gene pool. Figure 3: Pathogenicity islands encode both insect and mammalian virulence factors. A common requirement of all bacterial pathogens is the need to avoid ...