Corals may look still, but they follow a daily sleep cycle. New research shows why corals rest at night while their microbes ...

Sleep is essential for much of the animal kingdom. During the night, neuron and tissue repair mechanisms are activated to aid ...

Around the world, coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures, deteriorating water conditions, and diseases like Stony Coral Tissue Loss (SCTLD). Since the 1970s, more than half of the ...

A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa set out to solve a scientific mystery: how a soft coral is able to perform the rhythmic, pulsating movements of its tentacles without a ...

The research team revealed that the coral generates rhythmic opening and closing movements of the tentacles surrounding its mouth through a distributed neural pacemaker system. In other words, the ...

Annie's Restaurant, a Cape Coral breakfast spot, is for sale. Fox 4's Bella Line spoke with the owner about the difficult ...

Fiji's HIV cases are surging, with 1,583 new infections in 2024 as crystal meth use and unsafe injection practices fuel ...

This coral in Fish Bay, St. John (U.S. Virgin Islands) shows the rapid progression of stony coral tissue loss disease. Observed and sampled during the study, it appeared dark brown and healthy in July ...