Invertebrates

North America is the world’s hotspot for freshwater mussels, with more than 300 species! Freshwater mussels have filtration “superpowers” that allow them to clean water, recycle and store nutrients.

The Indianapolis Zoo has selected the ten finalists in the running for its $1 million Saving Species Challenge.

Dr. Sérgio Henriques is searching for Fagilde’s trapdoor spider, which has been lost to science for nearly 100 years.

Migratory monarchs are now categorized as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Discover the ephemeral beauty of mayflies and the pressing need to conserve our precious wetlands with Dr. Luke Jacobus.

The best thing we can do as good stewards of the Earth is to give creatures the space and time they need to wake up from winter slumbers.

It’s far more horrifying to consider a future without these and other essential species with unearned reputations for being scary.

Unlike annual cicadas that emerge each year, the periodical cicadas of Brood X haven’t been seen since 2004.

Spiders, doctors and journalists… what we get wrong when talking about spider bites. Arachnologist Sérgio Henriques sets the record straight.

Migratory monarchs increasingly face pressure from climate change, habitat loss, pesticides and herbicides. Such threats are pushing these butterflies towards extinction.