Invertebrates

Seabed pollution. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The silent pollution of the deep: What sinks to the seabed doesn't disappear and it harms for years

A new Israeli study simulates oil spill scenarios and shows: In the deep sea, the damage to bottom creatures is more severe and the recovery time is longer – up to three to five years even at low pollutant concentrations. While the headlines focus on what
The eye-spotted octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) is characterized by two pairs of blue eye-like spots on each side of its head. It lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and is also used as an ornamental animal for an aquarium. Photo by Roy Caldwell/UC Berkeley

The genome of a common octopus species, which allows them to have three almost completely independent hearts and minds in each arm, has been deciphered

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It is possible that the honey substitute does not provide the bees with the protection they need to deal with the pesticides. Photography: Shutterstock

Has the bee disappearance puzzle been solved?

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Pyura chilensis. Photography: Klaus Peter

The bleeding stone: an alien stone teaches us about the origin of species

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The crab protects its teeth from wear by creating a hard protective layer like the vertebrates, convergent evolution. Photo: Ben-Gurion University

Discovery: Cancer with teeth coated with "enamel" similar to the enamel in human teeth

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Jellyfish of the species Aequorea_victoria. From Wikipedia

The Technion researchers discovered that the movement of shrimps and jellyfish contributes a lot to the sea turbulence

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A critically endangered white-cheeked gibbon. From Vakimedia

A measure of life

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Researchers went underground to discover 850 new species

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Argentinians are taking over the world

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

New clues to vertebrate evolution from a tiny marine animal

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Can cockroaches really survive a nuclear holocaust?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The world's first six-armed octopus has been discovered

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