For example, a few natural products are made by complex enzyme cascades that blend ketones and amides in their backbones. With this reaction, researchers could generate libraries that resemble ...

This is one of the points made in Animals Without Backbones, a lively, copiously illustrated survey of the invertebrate world published recently by Zoologist Ralph Buchsbaum of the University of ...

As long as we’re rethinking how our laws privilege animals with backbones, through, Dr. Huffard said it may not make sense to elevate cephalopods above the other spineless species. Octopuses ...