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 ...

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

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.

Highly diverse and charismatic, these creatures deserve recognition as a sixth great extinction dawns We are prone to obsessing over ourselves and over animals like us. But most of the life on Earth ...