The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

Researchers led by the University of Hawai’i at Manoa have found that a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean on floating plastic ...

Marine invertebrates represent a critical component of aquatic ecosystems with reproductive processes that are highly vulnerable to endocrine perturbations. Research in this field has revealed that ...

Marine invertebrates are impacted by the rising levels of underwater noise produced by humans, but the production of underwater noise is not only difficult to control, but the direct effect on marine ...

In a paper published in the January issue of the journal Zootaxa, Brazilian researchers described five new species of ascidians. Commonly known as sea squirts, ascidians are marine invertebrates that ...

Invertebrates—creatures without spines—make up 98% of known animal species, but their backboned cousins get all the attention. Photographer Susan Middleton explores the strange world of underwater ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have found that low oxygen levels in seawater could blind some marine invertebrates. These results, ...