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What looks like a peaceful marine snail inching across a soft coral is actually the result of an evolutionary battle.
In this ongoing “arms race,” soft corals evolved powerful toxins to ward off predators, but the flamingo tongue snail developed genes and proteins to neutralize those toxins.
In this ongoing “arms race,” soft corals evolved powerful toxins to ward off predators, but the flamingo tongue snail developed genes and proteins to neutralize those toxins.
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
What looks like a peaceful marine snail inching across a soft coral is actually the result of an evolutionary battle.
In this ongoing “arms race,” soft corals evolved powerful toxins to ward off predators, but the flamingo tongue snail developed genes and proteins to neutralize those toxins.
In this ongoing “arms race,” soft corals evolved powerful toxins to ward off predators, but the flamingo tongue snail developed genes and proteins to neutralize those toxins.
Reposted by Samson R
A new groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i confirms that deep-sea mining could have devastating impacts well beyond the seafloor.
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A new groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i confirms that deep-sea mining could have devastating impacts well beyond the seafloor.
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep