A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern ...

We report changes of deep-sea ostracod fauna during the last 370,000 yr from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Hole 704A in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. The results show that faunal ...

The oldest penis ever found is 425 million years old, and belongs to an animal whose scientific name—Colymbosathon ecplecticos—means “astounding swimmer with a large penis.” Large is relative, though.

Small bivalved crustacean ostracods are the most abundant fossil arthropods since the Ordovician and play an important role in paleoenvironmental reconstruction and evolutionary biology. The vast ...

The family Entocytheridae is revised to include two subfamilies, Entocytherinae and Sphaeromicolinae. Ten genera--Ankylocythere, Ascetocythere, Cymocythere, Dactylocythere, Donnaldsoncythere, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When bioluminescent ostracods or ‘sea fireflies’ mate, they ...

QUITE recently I received a communication from Mr. J. Omer-Cooper in the course of which he said: “When examining the contents of a frog's rectum yesterday in the course of our lab. work I noticed ...

Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have imaged a heritable form of bacterial symbiosis inside the reproductive system of tiny crustaceans known as ostracods. Subscribe to our ...

A new method for analysing the interior of fossils has shown that millimetre-long mussel-like crustaceans called ostracods used giant sperm to mate. Sperm of modern ostracods can reach 10 times their ...

Evolution is a rich and dynamic process. Species respond to pressures in a variety of ways, most of which reduce to finding food, avoiding becoming someone else’s food and attracting a mate. To solve ...