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Hannah Lawson

Hannah Lawson manages an invertebrate zoology teaching laboratory in New Haven, Connecticut. She maintains live planarian and tardigrade cultures used in undergraduate coursework. Before taking this post, Lawson oversaw developmental biology labs and gathered marine specimens. She received a master’s degree in invertebrate zoology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Tardigrade Life Cycle: From Eggs to Dormancy Stages Bugs
Do Worms Have Brains? A Look at Their Nervous System Bugs
Are Millipedes Isopods? Key Distinctions Explained Bugs
Why Do Slugs Have Holes on Their Sides?Bugs
What Is a Proglottid and What Is Its Function?Zoology
What Are Annelids? Features, Classification & Examples Bugs
Do Slugs Have Brains? How Their Nervous System Works Bugs
What Are Flame Cells and How Do They Work?Biology
Do Mealworms Have Brains? Inside Their Nervous System Bugs
Do Planaria Feel Pain? What the Science Says Biology
Are Planaria Immortal? The Science of Their Longevity Biology
What Could a Hydra Eat? From Micro-Crustaceans to Larvae Aquatic
Do Tardigrades Have Eyes? A Look at Their Visual System Bugs
Do Slugs Need Oxygen? How They Breathe Explained Bugs
How to Kill a Tardigrade: The Limits of Their Survival Biology
Do Worms Have Cerci? A Look at Invertebrate Anatomy Zoology
Where Does Digestion and Absorption Take Place in an Earthworm?Zoology
Do Flatworms Have a Body Cavity?Bugs
Can Snails Feel Their Shells? The Science Explained Bugs
Do Myriapods Have Antennae? Their Structure and Function Bugs
What Is the Purpose of the Clitellum in Worms?Bugs
How Does the Dugesia Obtain Oxygen?Biology
Do Slugs Have Blood? Why It’s Blue and How It Works Bugs
What Is the Function of the Ganglia in an Earthworm?Zoology
Are Shrimp Smart? Evidence of Learning and Memory Aquatic
Do All Invertebrates Have an Exoskeleton?Bugs
Do Slugs Have Lungs? How Slugs Breathe Bugs
Do Annelids Have Eyes? The Science of Worm Vision Bugs
Do Crawfish Have Brains? Inside Their Nervous System Zoology
Do Snails Have a Brain? Inside Their Nervous System Bugs