The ocean is like a giant time capsule, hiding secrets we never expected to find. 🌊🔎 From ancient cities lost beneath the waves to creepy artifacts and unexplainable objects, some underwater ...

The simplest -- but also the most mysterious -- nervous system belongs to Phylum Porifera: the sponges. Sponges don’t have neurons, yet somehow they can still coordinate their cells to squeeze ...

THE lipochrome nature of the colouring matters of the Porifera or sponges was recognized by Krukenberg 1 who refers to their carotinoid-like and rhodophane-like pigments, the latter being ...

Life on Earth has existed for over 3.5 billion years, evolving into a vast array of species. Some animals, however, have survived virtually unchanged for hundreds of millions of years, making them ...

Detecting danger is key to the survival and success of all species. Animal nervous and immune systems cooperate to optimize danger detection. Preceding studies have highlighted the benefits of ...

Figure 1 Location of the cold seep sites surveyed at Formosa ridge. Topographic map shows the tectonic features. The study area is delimited by the red dot. Because the understanding of biomass, ...

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Valie-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran 2 Center for Research and Education of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Kerman ...