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Gal Vared holds a rope on which a soft coral grows in the coral reef at a depth of 15 meters in front of the Katsa beach (photograph: Dr. Ronan Lieberman)

Encouraging news: plastic pollution in the Gulf of Eilat is low compared to other coral reefs in the world

The research team: "We must act quickly to continue protecting our coral reefs" * The article is dedicated to the memory of Tal Ilon, a man of the sea, the commander of the Kfar Gaza alert squad who was murdered on October 7
A plastic bag at sea. Source: Ben Mierement, NOAA NOS (ret.

Something small and bad

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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia. is in danger of bleaching. Photo: yanguang lan.

Whitens and disappears

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algae. It still needs to be proven that platinum protects the human skin even outside the sterile laboratory. Photograph: Gugulethu Mhlanga.

Is the sunscreen of the future hiding in algae?

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The mud crab. Source: Anirnoy, Wikimedia Commons.

On crustaceans in the dark and sensing mechanism

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A submarine in the waters of the Haifa port. Source: Haifa University.

The yellow submarine of Haifa University

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Caesar fish of the generation. Not at all similar to the tiny minnow that was at the beginning of the journey. Photo: zsispeo.

A genetic map of the reef fish in the Gulf of Eilat

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A giant oyster of the genus Tridacna gigas, in the Maldives. Photography: Malcolm Browne.

Biofuel inspired by the blue oyster

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The Black Sea urchin is one of the most common of the Red Sea urchins, and there we all already know to beware of it. Photo: Quartl, Wikimedia.

Sea urchins from Eilat invade the Mediterranean Sea

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Barracuda fish. Photo: Alexander Vasenin, Wikimedia.

Do the fish shrink?

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The sewage flows into the sea in Haifa in 2015. Photo: Dr. Eil Rahab.

When the sewer and the sea meet

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The Ribbonfish. Source: NOAA.

Bright fish skin is the inspiration for nanometer reflectors

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The research revealed unusually rich and varied sponge gardens for the Israeli coast. Photo: Part of a study in Prof. Micha Ilan's laboratory at Tel Aviv University.

The secret of the sponge gardens

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2. Nocturnal traffic jams. Courtesy photo: Associate Professor Kelly Sutherland, University of Oregon.

The evolutionary logic behind the movement of colonies of the salpa marine creature

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squid. Photography: Richard.

The DNA secrets of the squid

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A three-spined prickly pear. Photography: Jack Wolf.

Animals also have a personality - which tends to blur in a group

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Foraminifera. Source: Courtesy of Ben Gurion University.

Animals that create green skeletons are able to grow in extreme temperatures

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wandering thread. Source: Technion spokesmen.

Poisoned darts underwater: researchers decipher the sting mechanism of the jellyfish

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The circles in the sand made by the Torquigener fish. Photo: Yoji Okata, from the article Role of Huge Geometric Circular Structures in the Reproduction of a Marine Pufferfish, 2013.

Circles in the sand - how a small fish creates great art

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The bees of the sea

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Tsimada - living marine creatures that stick to ships. Photography: Yossi Cohen

Prevention of underwater biological coating on vessels inspired by marine vessels (part 1)

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Sea snails have mutual sex (each is both male and female). Photo: Ayami Sakizawa, Osaka University

Nudibranch: A species of androgynous sea snail sheds its penis after each mating but also regrows it

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The pteropod sea snail, photo: NOAA

The damage of carbon dioxide and warming, the story of four rivers and one shell

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A marine creature in an aquarium in Barcelona. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

At least a third of the marine species have not been described so far

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The inclusion of divers in the research was an important element in sampling water from the source of the spring to calculate the flow rate, in understanding the structure of the flow and the nature of the source of the spring.

Living springs were discovered in the Dead Sea

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