Better known as water bears, tardigrades are eight-legged invertebrates visible to the naked eye and found throughout the world, making them a biology class favorite.

This class of ancient marine invertebrates has now been firmly pegged as lophophorates, a group whose living members include horseshoe worms and lamp shells, concludes an analysis of more than ...

The survival of more than 3,500 animal species is in jeopardy thanks to the impacts of climate change, a new study has found. This threat applies to at least a quarter of the species in six ...

The cephalopod class of mollusks are considered the most intelligent invertebrates and an important example of advanced cognitive evolution amongst animals in general. The coleoidea sub-class of ...

IN this volume the author “has endeavoured to collate materials which will serve as a class-room text and reference work,” assuming that the student has already had an introductory course in ...

AS a first step toward generalizing the relationship between tropomyosin, actin and myosin found for rabbit skeletal muscle1, we have prepared and examined tropomyosins from the different types of ...

Developmental origins of tooth classes in vertebrates: A new simple mechanism identified. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 26, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 12 / 211220120748.htm.

A slate pencil urchin, Heterocentrotus mamillatus, from the Benthic Invertebrate Collection About the Collection. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC) is ...

A society that studies butterflies and other invertebrates will offer a free workshop on stream water quality and biological monitoring in Astoria Tuesday.

It belongs to a class of enzymes called glycoside hydrolases, which break down complex sugar molecules into simpler components. Cellulose is such a polysaccharide. For their study, the scientists ...

Image: McLaughlin, Wilson, Rouse/Invertebrate Systematics. These animals are broadly related to starfish, sea cucumbers, and other echinoderms, but not too much is known about them.