If you liked this story, share it with other people. Schoenherr’s blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri) a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from Indonesian New Guinea. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

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 ...

Abu Dhabi, 12th May, 2014 (WAM) -- A new species has been added to the global list of invertebrates after it was unexpectedly discovered on Abu Dhabi?s Al Wathba Wetland Reserve, during regular ...

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, which I help to compile, just 394 insect species are classed as extinct. That figure is ...

Melinda Moir receives funding from the Australia Pacific Science Foundation and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. She is affiliated with the Australian Research Council's ...

Specimens contained in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection date back to 1902, when Dr. William E. Ritter of the University of California Berkeley and summer ...

Kylie Williams does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...