Purple Storm Snails
Purple snails, not really something you think of. Janthina umbilicata, or Purple storm snails as they are more commonly known. They are...
Got to dance!
Male Australia peacock spider Maratus volans, courtship display. Picture by: Jurgen Otto. Sometimes you have to do more than just dance!...
Sailing Spiders!
So it has come to my attention that, get this, spiders can now conquer the waves by, thats right, Sailing! It is a whole other level of...
Break a web!!
Black widow spiders are known mainly for, well, being black widows. Now research published in the journal Animal Behaviour shows that...
What is in a name?
With every year more and more Invertebrates are being discovered and each of these animals then need naming. Until recently I have...
Protozoa!
Being the 95% of life there are many different types of invertebrates. This post will focus on the most basic type of invertebrates; The...
Incredible Invertebrates
There are over a million described species of animals known to science, of this number about 5% are known to evolve or possess a...