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 ...

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 deep-sea tunicate pulled from 2,012 meters beneath the surface off Western Australia has revealed a prey-capture mechanism ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have filled an important gap in the study of tunicate evolution by genetically sequencing 40 new specimens of thaliaceans, ...

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 ...

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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" - ...

The introduction of molecular data into classical systematics has already tested several evolutionary hypotheses through the analysis of individual genes such as ribosomal RNA (rRNA). However, ...

Karma Nanglu says his favorite animal is whichever one he’s working on. But his latest subject may hold first place status for a while: a 500-million-year-old fossil from the wonderfully weird group ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Researchers have filled an important gap in the study of tunicate evolution by genetically sequencing 40 new specimens of thaliaceans, gelatinous, free-swimming types of tunicates. Woods Hole ...