Higher levels of nitrogen in the environment (coming from fertilizers and livestock, for example) not only affect plants but also soil invertebrates and insects. The diversity of roundworms declines ...

Amphibians are in the worst shape of any vertebrate group. The second Global Amphibian Assessment, published in 2023, found ...

This article was originally published by Undark. Bees have long impressed the behavioral scientist Lars Chittka. In his lab at Queen Mary University of London, the pollinators have proved themselves ...

A photographic census of Australia's native insects and other bugs — and their unwelcome invasive counterparts — has been launched across Australia. The national citizen science project, dubbed Bug ...

This is a logical assumption. Research shows a marked bias in reintroduction programs towards vertebrates, especially birds and mammals. Meanwhile, invertebrates are often overlooked. But our new ...

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Invertebrates encompass more than 95 % of all animal species and occupy virtually every aquatic and terrestrial habitat on Earth, from deep-sea vents to alpine meadows. Major groups include arthropods ...

Chances are good that you would be startled to find a rhinoceros beetle perched over your bed one night. This South American insect is one of the largest in the world. It measures 6 inches long and 2 ...

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's ...

Officials are warning others in the exotic insect trade that prosecutions are coming ...