As they hang in the water the mussels capture passing silt and grit in addition to tunicate larvae. ((Maggie Brown/CBC)) A system that was originally built to keep an invasive species out of P.E.I.'s ...

Meet the predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians), a sea squirt that is unique for its predatory feeding style. Whereas other tunicates nourish themselves by filter feeding, the predatory tunicate ...

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When I recently posted photos of some tunicates (common marine animals of the coast) encrusting an old lobster trap to my website, a former student commented "kinda looks like someone sneezed, Doctor.

Karma Nanglu says his favorite animal is whichever one he’s working on. But his latest subject may hold first place status for a while: a 500-million-year-old fossil from the wonderfully weird group ...

Researchers describe a 500 million-year-old tunicate fossil species. The study suggests that the modern tunicate body plan was already established soon after the Cambrian Explosion. Karma Nanglu says ...