Drilling plays a significant role in the history of human civilization. The exploration of greater
depths, extreme environments, or hazardous areas calls for more energy-efficient and high …

The landscapes and seascapes of Earth's surface provide the theatre for life, but to what
extent did the actors build the stage? The role of life in the long-term sha** of the …

While a growing body of modern phylogenetic research reveals that the Western Indochina
represents a separate biogeographic subregion having a largely endemic freshwater fauna …

Nereididae is one of Annelida's most diverse and well-studied families; despite this, only
recently have molecular approaches been used to access phylogenetic hypotheses within …

Freshwater mussels are essential for the integrity of freshwater ecosystems but numbers of
these organisms are declining rapidly at regional and global scales. The phylogenetic and …

Razor clams, belonging to the Pharidae and Solenidae families, are ecologically and
economically important; however, very little research has been conducted on the Pharidae …

Shipworms are a group of wood-boring and wood-feeding bivalves of extraordinary
economic, ecological and historical importance. Known in the literature since the fourth …

Previous identifications and characterisations of southern African polychaete species are
brief and many are based on northern hemisphere taxa. Hence, many species from family …

Abstract The lower Cenomanian Kachin amber from Myanmar contains a species-rich
assemblage with numerous plant and animal fossils. Terrestrial and, to a lesser degree …

Freshwater mussels are sensitive to habitat and water quality, revealing the fastest rates of
human-mediated global extinction among aquatic animals. These animals are especially …