Tag: invertebrates

To survey cryptic species, it’s sometimes easier to detect their DNA than it is to find the animals themselves. Sometimes, researchers find DNA lingering in the water, on the ground...

Plants and invertebrates are twice as likely to survive on undeveloped lands, according to a recent study in Nature. Dividing the earth’s land surface into square-kilometer grids, researchers found that,...

A killer invasive worm with an indiscriminate appetite for snails and invertebrates has been discovered in Florida gardens — the first time the destructive species has turned up in the...