Pollination is a key process in the life cycle of flowering plants (angiosperms). It typically involves a vector responsible for the transport which can be either biotic (animals) or abiotic: usually ...

Up until the mid-1980s, human babies didn't feel pain. Of course that's not actually true, but due to research conducted in the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was an attitude that still lingered ...

More than 95% of Australian animals are invertebrates (animals without backbones—spiders, snails, insects, crabs, worms and others). There are at least 300,000 species of invertebrate in Australia. Of ...

More than 95% of Australian animals are invertebrates (animals without backbones – spiders, snails, insects, crabs, worms and others). There are at least 300,000 species of invertebrate in Australia.

Most animals we know - mammals, birds, and reptiles, have bones that shape and support their bodies. Yet, many of Earth’s species live without a single bone. These are invertebrates, animals that rely ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Animals can be divided into groups. We call this 'classification'. Classification allows us to group animals together depending on their similarities and differences. Animals are divided into two main ...