Photo / Gary Hamilton-Irvine Thousands of people have flocked to Waitangi Day events in Hawke’s Bay in a show of solidarity ...

As you walk past the stalls and stands, you'll come across rarities like the giant abalone loco, prickly sea urchins and fleshy tunicates like piure, among other unconventional offerings.

We are so fortunate. A few organisms wanting in on the celebration are the “pryosomes,” who have been visiting our front yard over the past few weeks. Pyrosomes, colonial tunicates, are/or colonial ...

Cellulose is derived from biomass and is useful in a wide range of applications across society, most notably in paper and cardboard. Nanocellulose is a relatively newly discovered variant of cellulose ...

It uses a cavernous hood to trap crustaceans "like a Venus fly trap plant," like some jellies, anemones and tunicates. The mysterious creature also hides from predators in plain sight, taking ...

Salps are these plankton-like tunicates that float in the ocean. They are also known as sea squirts. Scientists believe they are the fastest-growing multicellular creature on the planet because ...

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Zhang, et al (2025) Ecology and Evolution Sea squirts start their lives as “tunicates,” spined sacs resembling tadpoles that then find a hard surface to attach to, according to the Woods Hole ...