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Recent collaborations between scientists in Okinawa and Australia are helping to spur genomic research of the Crown of Thorns starfish, a threat to coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific region.

Yuichi Nakajima decodes barnacle genetics to understand how climate change impacts the deep ocean.

Béatrice Lecroq examines tiny organisms called foraminifera in one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches.

The way in which most multicellular organisms have been classified has been the same for more than a century. But new research is changing how we see classification, specifically among Chordates.

New research by OIST researchers finds genetic mechanism that makes African midges invulnerable to harsh conditions.

Dr. Chuya Shinzato of the Marine Genomics Unit and colleagues have established DNA markers that enables scientists to study genetic diversity and connectivity among the Acropora coral populations.

In February 2014, Professor Noriyuki Satoh published a book “Developmental Genomics of Ascidians.”

In 2013, a new species of goby, later named Stiphodon niraikanaiensis, was discovered in a stream on the main island of Okinawa.

Researchers discover the timer that tells jellyfish when to mature.