The remote and poorly studied Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, has surprised scientists with a new coral species, Echinophyllia tarae, the occurrence of which is yet not credited to any other place. Echinophyllia tarae dwells in protected reef habitats and was found between 5 and 20 meters depth. It is a zooxanthellate species which usually grows on dead coral fragments, which… [Read More]
[google_adsense_in_post] A recent study has found that pollution from fine particles in the air which is mainly the result of burning coal or volcanic eruptions can shadow corals from sunlight and cool the surrounding water resulting in abridged expansion rates. Pollution has been the root cause for extinction of these natural resources and has always been known to contaminate water… [Read More]
[google_adsense_in_post] Since the annotations made by English naturalist Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, researchers have been fascinated in how physical barriers, such as seclusion on a particular island, can lead to the formation of new species through the process of natural selection. Natural selection is a process whereby genetic traits that augment endurance become more widespread in consecutive generations,… [Read More]