The Indo-Pacific is the largest marine biogeographical region on Earth and a global center of marine biodiversity.
Local ecologist Steve Lonhart says most scientists are lucky to know maybe one or two people, in their lifetimes, who have named a new species. He knows someone who has described a couple of dozen – a ...
Marine sponges play a critical role in ocean ecosystems as both habitat formers and nutrient cyclers. Their extensive and complex microbiomes, comprising bacteria, archaea and other microorganisms, ...
Ten new species of sponge have been discovered off Hawaii. Researchers identified the new species of marine sponge using a ...
In a succession of studies published this week and last month in the journals PeerJ and Zootaxa, researchers at Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Toonen-Bowen (ToBo) Lab, using a technique ...
The ocean is a big place with many deep, dark mysteries. Humans have mapped no more than 20% of the sea, and explored less. Even the kelp forests of Southern California — among the best studied ...
Join us in celebrating INSTAAR's 75 year history of groundbreaking research and education, plus all the amazing people who make it happen. We also need your help to launch our next 75 years. Please ...
Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...
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