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Sneeze by Sneeze, Sponges Fill the Seas With Their Mucus
Sneezing is far from a uniquely human behavior. Maybe you’ve seen your dog or cat do it, or watched a YouTube video of a giraffe sneezing on an unsuspecting toddler at the zoo. In fact, sneezing doesn’t even require a nervous system, let alone a nose, and dates back to some of the first multicellular…
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Like Bees of the Seas, These Crustaceans Pollinate Seaweed
Move over birds and bees, there is another pollinator on planet Earth, and it lives in the sea. In a study, published Thursday in the journal Science, scientists found that a tiny crustacean, Idotea balthica, played the role of pollinator for a species of seaweed. They do this by inadvertently collecting the algae’s sticky spermatia,…
