The deep sea still holds many mysteries for humans, and that may be a good thing — at least for the growth and preservation of at-risk marine life. Scientists have discovered twonew deep-sea coral reefslocated in the Galápagos Marine Reserve that have remained pristine and untouched by huma...
Coral reefsare made up of many different, genetically distinct coral colonies. But the recently discovered organism is its own unique colony, consisting of millions of individual animals, called polyps, that are genetically identical. The polyps belong to a ...
Plastic litter in the ocean has severe and far-reaching effects on marine life. Among many impacts of this pollution, one of the best known is the impact on marine animals that mistake plastic debris for food. When ingested, this plastic can cause malnutrition, blockages and even death. Addi...
Sawyer was working as a researcher in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit more than a decade ago when he first began researching Wyoming's migratory ungulates, which include pronghorn, elk,mule deer, moose and bighorn sheep. At that time, scientists had to track the animals on foo...
A team of oceanographers led by Schmidt Ocean Institute have discovered and mapped a new seamount on the Nazca Ridge in international waters, 900 miles off the coast of Chile, and photographed rare species, including siphonophores nicknamed “flying spaghetti monsters”. ...
Gałan, W., Bąk, M. & Jakubowska, M. Host Taxon Predictor - A Tool for Predicting Taxon of the Host of a Newly Discovered Virus.Sci Rep9, 3436 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39847-2 Download citation Received17 July 2017 ...
Water bears are small hygrophilous metazoans belonging to the phylum Tardigrada inhabiting marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments. They are able to survive when surrounded by a film of water, and therefore they can colonize terrestrial environments such as mosses, lichens, soil and leaf litter...
schlosseri colonies, elucidating a new understanding of these animals-protists associations. Keywords: thraustochytrid strains; marine invertebrates; cultivation; inoculation; isolation; cell culture medium; Botryllus schlosseri Key Contribution: This study followed the growth potentialities of a new isolated...