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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
Do Worms Have Brains? A Look at Their Nervous System
Are Millipedes Isopods? Key Distinctions Explained
Why Do Slugs Have Holes on Their Sides?
What Are Annelids? Features, Classification & Examples
Do Slugs Have Brains? How Their Nervous System Works
Do Mealworms Have Brains? Inside Their Nervous System
Do Tardigrades Have Eyes? A Look at Their Visual System
Do Slugs Need Oxygen? How They Breathe Explained
Do Flatworms Have a Body Cavity?
Can Snails Feel Their Shells? The Science Explained
Do Myriapods Have Antennae? Their Structure and Function
What Is the Purpose of the Clitellum in Worms?
Do Slugs Have Blood? Why It’s Blue and How It Works
Do All Invertebrates Have an Exoskeleton?
Do Slugs Have Lungs? How Slugs Breathe
Do Annelids Have Eyes? The Science of Worm Vision
Do Snails Have a Brain? Inside Their Nervous System
Are Tardigrades Invertebrates? Their Anatomy Explained
How to Dissect a Worm and Identify Its Internal Anatomy
What Does the Dorsal Blood Vessel Do in an Earthworm?
How Intelligent Are Snails and What Can They Learn?
Do Invertebrates Have Bones? How They Find Support
How Do Worms Move? Earthworms, Leeches, and More
Can Slugs Feel Pain? The Science of Invertebrate Senses
Do Snails Need Air? Explaining How Different Snails Breathe
Do Nematodes Have a Circulatory System?
Do Leeches Have Eyes and How Do They See Their World?
What Is a Sclerite? Definition, Function, and Types
Leech Biology: Feeding, Sensory Adaptations, and Reproduction