Then when she told me that the bush-like corals, called gorgonians, that they were rubbing against may potentially provide drugs and medicines for humans, I knew that it was a story that we had to ...

Four years with temperatures above 24.3°C The new study has evaluated the impact of marine heat waves, which took place ...

Lasker is particularly interested in octocorals, commonly known as soft corals or gorgonians. He has led numerous research trips to the Caribbean, where he has spent years investigating the impact of ...

Its seabed is among the richest in the archipelago, home to gorgonians and posidonia, while on land, wild orchids bloom in ...

Corals provide the substrate for sessile organisms to attach, including algae, sponges, and non-reef building corals (e.g., fire corals, soft corals, gorgonians). In addition to corals ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — A team of scientists alarmed by the loss of biodiversity across the world due to climate change has proposed a new approach to managing vulnerable landscapes, focusing on sites ...

It lives and feeds on gorgonians, also known as sea fans or sea whips and is able to absorb their toxins to become toxic, itself. The snail's bright orange and pink outsides are actually a fleshy ...

Sep. 23, 2024 — Researchers working in Finland propose that the unique light environment of the Earth's Polar regions creates conditions that result in circumpolar hybrid zones around the North ...