Invertebrates are animals that don’t have a spine or backbone inside their body. Other organisms, like you, have a backbone and are called vertebrates. To protect themselves, some invertebrates, such ...

A safety net against water pollution is widening across the country thanks to a growing army of fly-counting volunteers. More ...

All of these creatures featured in BBC Wales nature programmes have one thing in common - they lack a backbone. What are these? Try one of the walks from Derek's latest walking series on BBC One Wales ...

Buglife works to protect creatures like the ladybird spider and horrid ground weaver. There are 32 rare invertebrate species that either live only in the south west of England or have a significant ...

Highly diverse and charismatic, these creatures deserve recognition as a sixth great extinction dawns We are prone to obsessing over ourselves and over animals like us. But most of the life on Earth ...

For the next few weeks we’re asking readers to nominate their invertebrate of the year: click here to give us your suggestions Does a worm feel pain if it gets trodden on? Does a fly ache when its ...