Recent studies underscore the importance of both natural ecological gradients and anthropogenic influences—such as nutrient influx and contaminants—in shaping ostracod community structure.

All the ostracods have the body totally enclosed within their carapace (or shell). Adults typically have seven pairs of limbs, but the full set of limbs is only developed fully in adults. Juvenile ...

Some ostracods can even produce sperm cells that are bigger than the animal that made it. Why and how did this strange structure evolve? Scientists haven’t been able to say, in part because they ...

That burst saves the ostracod's life — by getting it spat out. Not all ostracods create these light shows, and these cardinalfish can't tell which tasty morsels will do so before eating them.

The research is published this week in Nature. An example male ostracod of the species Veenia ponderosa, is depicted. An example male ostracod of the species Veenia ponderosa, is depicted.

The giant sperm comes from a much more miniscule creature than the toothy Spinosaurus: an ostracod, a crustacean that looks like a shrimp dressing up as a clam for Halloween. Known colloquially as ...

Paleontologists discovered the sample in the reproductive tract of an ancient female crustacean encased in resin – one of several samples of ostracods from Myanmar. The previously unknown ...