The Hermit Crab: Living On-the-Go!
Arias Saiyarath The hermit crab, a decapod crustacean belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda, is a soft-bodied creature that resides within a gastropod shell. They have ten jointed legs with two […]
Arias Saiyarath The hermit crab, a decapod crustacean belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda, is a soft-bodied creature that resides within a gastropod shell. They have ten jointed legs with two […]
Anna Lee It’s a shallow world out there. Throughout the animal kingdom, mates are being chosen based on looks instead of personality. Fiddler crabs are an example of an organism […]
Shae Sikkema The world’s oceans are home to an untold number of species and diversity, hiding organisms with strange and seemingly fictitious morphology. Among these marine species are the polychaetes, […]
Lara Hsia A misleading name Despite its inviting name, the flower urchin, or Toxopneustes pileolus, is one of the few sea urchin species with venom that’s harmful to humans. Its […]
Daniel Colón With over 70% of animals falling under the class Insecta, there is a stunning diversity of animals to be found. Members of this class are described by their […]
Hannah Rogers It’s not difficult to see the mystical beauty of California’s vernal pools. These shallow, seasonal ponds are composed of a depression in a dense layer of sediment known […]
Joni Zheng Tardigrades, fondly nicknamed “water bears,” are microscopic animals capable of surviving extreme environmental stressors like severe heat and severe cold. They are most known for their ability to […]
Tatiana Arias When you envision a predator in the ocean, big animals such as a shark or killer whale may come to mind. It is unlikely that you would picture […]
Megan Cunnison Phoronids are a small but special phylum within the Lophophorate group. Although there aren’t many species (only 14 total) they can be found in almost all oceans, ranging […]
Sarah Nissov We’ve all seen the viral videos of nemerteans ejecting their proboscis but that’s not their only unique characteristic. Nemerteans have actually changed how scientists classify a coelom and […]