Under ideal growing conditions, sun corals will readily reproduce by producing motile larvae called planulae which attach themselves to rockwork. Alternatively, the coral may reproduce by budding — ...

Male and female gametes are released through the mouth in a co-ordinated manner. The resulting eggs develop into motile planula larvae, which find a suitable substrate on which to develop into a polyp ...

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 ...

District's top official promises action against supplier of snacks Students found fungus and live larvae in nutritional snacks Snacks are part of a scheme aimed at providing nutritional food to ...

Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, ...

petraea are the host plants for more than 70 species of cynipid gall wasp. It is the larval stage of these insects that induce the plant to produce abnormal growths, known as galls, that enclose the ...