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 ...

An estimated one to three species of insects and other native invertebrates are becoming extinct in Australia every week, according to a new study revealing the immense scale of the nation's ...

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 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 ...

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Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...

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 ...

Many of Australia’s natural places are in a poor state. While important work is being done to protect particular species, we must also take a broader approach to returning entire ecosystems to their ...

When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my biology-professor dad brought me a present home from work: a jar of sticks. Or at least that’s what I thought it was. When some of them started moving he ...