A new study into the neurons found in the earliest-diverging animal lineages reveals key clues about the form of the most ancestral nervous system, and how it first evolved.
Researchers have combined data from around the world with predictions from machine learning to create a high-resolution map of ant diversity, revealing areas that should be the focus of exploration and research.
Squid have always been difficult to farm but now researchers have developed the first squid aquaculture system that has the potential to be commercialized.
The first lab study on garden eels shows how these shy creatures use their burrows, and change their movement and posture, when feeding in strong currents.
Using high quality molecular data, researchers have re-investigated a long-standing question about the position of two phyla of small aquatic invertebrates—Kamptozoa and Bryozoa—on the evolutionary tree.
A study has revealed how tau – a key protein implicated in Alzheimer’s disease – impairs communication between neurons, providing new avenues for treatment.
