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 ...

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 ...

The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean, contributing strongly to the floating community ...

Invertebrates, like vertebrates, are classed by body form, life cycle, and evolutionary history. Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone or bony skeleton.They vary in size from microscopic ...

The deep ocean off southern California has historically been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial wastes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and collaborators are investigating ...

Rivers across England have seen a significant improvement in river invertebrate biodiversity since 1989, shows a study led by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) researchers. The study, which ...

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, ...