Discover how brain coral got its name, and why it’s vital to protect it.

Throughout the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, knobby brain coral is common among shallow reef communities, lagoons, seagrass meadows and mangroves. Knobby brain corals are large and ...

Symmetric brain corals grow in massive boulder form and as encrusting plates. Like its name suggests, this coral has a brain-like pattern of interlinked grooves and ridges. Brain coral can range from ...

Imagine being able to inscribe a new pattern of activity into a person's brain that would allow for faster learning, or better treatment of psychiatric and developmental disorders such as ...

Scuba diving off Mioskon, a minuscule islet in Indonesia’s far-flung Raja Ampat archipelago, I’m staring in disbelief at the wildy-colored hard and soft corals populating a gently-sloping reef. From ...

This study is the first to measure patterns of brain degeneration in CTE, and shows that repetitive head impacts are linked to loss of cells, shrinkage, and tau pathology buildup within the folds ...

MICHAEL Frank has seen the devastation of Tobago’s coral reefs first-hand over the years.Growing up in Castara, Frank spent ...

Mesophotic coral ecosystems have some of the highest diversity of stony corals (Scleractinia) in the world, making them ...

Research reveals that brain shrinkage in Alzheimer’s patients varies significantly, with no consistent pattern; this finding could lead to tailored treatments based on individual brain changes. A new ...

The study also reveals one brain pattern that seems to confer resilience to stress — and another that makes stressed animals less likely to feel pleasure, a core symptom of depression.

Oct. 7, 2024 — Researchers discovered combining the brain-penetrating antipsychotic drug pimozide with a clinically investigative glutamine metabolism inhibitor, CB-839, can overcome tumor ...

Tunicate Sea Squirts: Starting life with a simple brain-like structure, sea squirts lose it after metamorphosis. They filter-feed, contributing to the health of marine ecosystems. Carpet Sea ...