#CuteOff challenge highlights the adorable invertebrates often overlooked in cute animal photos. Discover the cutest contenders! C: Let's kick this bad boy off right. There are some 5,000 sponge ...

Our collections cover all of the living invertebrate phyla, including Onychophora (velvet worms), Chaetognatha (arrow worms), Gastrotricha (hairybacks), Kinorhyncha (mud dragons), Nemertea (ribbon ...

The fundamental structures underlying learning and memory in the brains of invertebrates as different as a fruit fly and an earthworm are remarkably similar, according to neuroscientists. It turns out ...

Classification, systematics, and phylogeny -- Animal architecture and the bauplan concept -- Animal development, life histories, and origins -- The protists -- Phylum Porifera : the sponges -- Four ...

At the end of the semester in the advanced invertebrate zoology course I took, my rather dry, boring professor made the only joke I remember him ever uttering. We had just finished the phylum ...

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 ...

If you see a funky-looking blob while you’re fishing in Ohio, don't look away. It could be a colony of numerous animals. Invertebrates in this colony, known as the bryozoan or "moss animals," reside ...

When I recently posted photos of some tunicates (common marine animals of the coast) encrusting an old lobster trap to my website, a former student commented "kinda looks like someone sneezed, Doctor.