Research recently published in the journal Microplastics and Nanoplastics describes a proof-of-principle study of a new method to remove nano- and microplastics from the ocean. The method employs a ...

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Tunicates that were placed in the sea six months ago have now been harvested. These ocean weeds can become a new aquaculture adventure. Tunicates that were placed in the sea six months ago have now ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil found in Utah is giving scientists a rare look at one of the strangest branches of the animal ...

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An aggressive, invasive aquatic organism that is on the state's most dangerous species list has been discovered in both Winchester Bay and Coos Bay, and scientists say this "colonial tunicate" - ...

Beneath the waves, there are strange, almost alien creatures that raise questions about the evolution of life on Earth and our own earliest origins. The answers might be hiding in tunicates. Tunicates ...

When I recently posted photos of some tunicates (common marine animals of the coast) encrusting an old lobster trap to my website, a former student commented "kinda looks like someone sneezed, Doctor.

A surge of nutrients to the warm waters off the southeastern coast of Australia during the highly productive austral spring can spark an explosion in the phytoplankton population. Where phytoplankton ...

A new species of shrimp was named after Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins thanks to its small size and hairy feet. The new species, Odontonia bagginsi, was described, figured and named together with another new ...