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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...
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Got to dance!
Male Australia peacock spider Maratus volans, courtship display. Picture by: Jurgen Otto. Sometimes you have to do more than just dance!...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...