Invertebrates

We’ve got the latest on species rediscoveries, light pollution, right-wing posturing and more.

This year we bid farewell to two lost frogs, the Chinese paddlefish, a plant from New Hampshire, and many others.

This will be a critical year for several endangered and threatened species, as well as a time of opportunity for others.

Thousands of people stood up for these at-risk species, proof that we must combine science with an ethic of restraint enforced by public outcry.

A new book about efforts to save endangered snails in Hawai‘i provides valuable insight into threats to global biodiversity.

A squid biologist takes to the streets — and Skype — to share scientific knowledge.

Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes is the ecological crisis caused by prolonged drought, climate warming and development.

Winged wonders get the spotlight in these new environmental books covering our relationship with nature.

Decades of studying polluted Piles Creek led to advances in our understanding of how pollution affects crabs, fish and shrimp, including those that we eat.

These aquatic heroes do so much to keep freshwater ecosystems healthy — and we’re killing them off at a record pace.