The two-spotted water hoglouse (Asellus aquaticus) is closely related to woodlice but lives an entirely aquatic life, crawling around among plants and mud. It feeds on decaying animal and plant matter ...

Unsung aquatic heroes Aquatic plants are often misunderstood as simple “lakeweeds” that get in the way of swimming, boating and other water recreation. This sentiment leads many shoreline owners ...

Aquatic plant life was soon followed by primitive animal life, and trilobites became the dominant animal species in the seas of the Cambrian era. It was not, however, until millions of years later ...