A team of scientists in southern China recently took a trip to the seashore, but the visit wasn’t a typical beach vacation. They were searching for unfamiliar-looking sea creatures. And they found one ...

Marine flatworms are among the ocean’s most unique, albeit strange, organisms. Their undulating movements make them look like silk sheets underwater. Marine flatworms are skittish but are not uncommon ...

Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They’re referred to as “plant-animals” because they’ve got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this ...

All life forms are endowed with the ability to sense gravity. However, the mechanism is not well-understood in acoels, a group of marine flatworms that represent a primitive invertebrate (without ...

On rocky reefs in the southern Gulf of Mexico, a diver or snorkeler overhead might think a small piece of the reef is moving. It could easily be mistaken for a reflection from the ocean’s surface or a ...

When researchers end their careers, where do their biological collections go? By Sabrina Imbler Marian Litvaitis, a professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire, decided to retire in December ...

Scientists found a “flat” sea animal with 170 eyes at a rocky shore in Guangdong Province and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Liu, Lin, Wang, Hu and Zhang (2024) A team of ...

These tiny marine flatworms are smaller than a grain of rice but have amazing abilities! Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They're referred to as “plant-animals'' ...

Small marine creatures glide along the bottom of the reefs in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Laura Labrie via Unsplash On rocky reefs in the southern Gulf of Mexico, a diver or snorkeler overhead might ...