Invasive lionfish are continuing to spread throughout the Mediterranean, according to a recent article in the journal NeoBiota. The well-known venomous reef fish are now being found as far west as Spain and as far north as Croatia, only their…
Mediterranean Seagrass patch designated oldest living organism
Posidonia oceanica is a seagrass that occurs both in the Mediterranean Sea and off Australia. Like all seagrasses, Posidonia oceanica can reproduce asexually and sexually. Australian scientists have sequenced the DNA of Posidonia oceanica over 40 patches in the Mediterranean, ranging 3500…
Giant mucus “blobs” plague Mediterranean Sea
Like a script from a horror movie giant and potentially deadly blobs of both dead and living organic matter are on the rise in the Mediterranean Sea. These mucus like blobs, called a mucilage, are part of a naturally-occurring process…
