Animal diversity
The graphic below explores animal diversity with key information on each of the main lineages as well as how they are all related.
Ctenophora
The Ctenophora is a small, but morphologically diverse lineage of animals. The graphic below is an introduction to these animals. A short list of further reading to accompany the graphic: Jékely G, et al. The phylogenetic position of ctenophores and the origin(s) of nervous systems. EvoDevo 2015;6 (1):1-9. Moroz LL, et al. The …
Drugs from bugs: the next blockbuster medicine could be lurking inside an insect
For thousands of years humans turned to nature to cure and soothe their ills. Pharmaceutical science built on these ancient foundations and …
A worm is not just a worm…
Animals come in an enormous variety of shapes, but the body-plan we see cropping up again and again across the constellation of …
Metamorphosis with a twist…
[featured image] The biology of ribbon worms is a panoply of peculiarities. For example, take the way they develop. Not content with …
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Titchy ptilids
[featured image] Looking through some specimens from a recent expedition to Burma I found some of these little chaps, featherwing beetles (ptilidae) …
