Lab rats have rights. Before researchers in the United States can experiment on the animals, they need approval from committees that ensure they follow federal regulations for housing and handling ...

These protected animals share one thing in common: a backbone. But invertebrates in research labs, including worms and bees or cephalopods like squid and octopuses, do not receive the same ...

Lab rats have rights. Before researchers in the United States can experiment on the animals, they need approval from committees that ensure they follow federal regulations for housing and handling ...

Animals without Backbones An Introduction to the Invertebrates. By Ralph Buchsbaum. Pp. x+371+128 plates. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: Cambridge University Press, 1938.) 25s. net.

The extinct sea creature was one of the first animals to have a precursor of a backbone. Giovanni Mussini Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

The extinct sea creature was one of the first animals to have a precursor of a backbone. Giovanni Mussini Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.