Fluorescence in a crinoid in the Red Sea. This is one of the new species found to fluoresce. PLOS ONE 2024. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292476. The species include octopuses, sea snails ...

Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered and, so far, the only area where it has been found. The Nansei Islands., also ...

Our study points toward a strategy for using phases when ships go dark to fight illegal activities at sea. Heather Welch, Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz.

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