A pretty cool little discovery! Amphipod hanging out down below 600 feet of ice in an isolated Antarctic basin. Is it lost?? What are you doing there amphipod!? Of course this begs the question of ...

By Liz Kimbrough Researchers pulled 24 tiny new creatures from a deep abyss in the central Pacific Ocean, some with long, ...

A young adult amphipod caught in a wetland near Fergus Falls on June 25th, 2018. Amphipod populations are declining in many wetlands and scientists hope to rebuild the population of the crustacean ...

DESCRIPTION: The Peck's cave amphipod is a small, aquatic, exclusively subterranean crustacean. Like all members of the genus Stygobromus, this species is eyeless and unpigmented. HABITAT: The primary ...

Thought to lurk underground in the dark, honeycomb-like recesses between two Edwards Aquifer springs in central Texas, the elusive Peck's cave amphipod depends on steady spring flows and clean water ...

The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would designate the endangered Hay’s Spring amphipod the official amphipod of Washington, D.C. If the legislation passes, D.C. will become the first “state ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Plans for a proposed light-rail Purple Line, which would connect D.C. to the Maryland suburbs could be delayed because of an unlikely reason: A rare, endangered shrimplike crustacean. According to the ...

I am writing from the couch in the galley with a wood burning fireplace to my left and an incredible view of icebergs and snow-covered islands in front of me. This morning has been spent talking with ...