Following an exceptionally hot June in the Mediterranean, the first effects of the marine heatwave are already being observed in the waters off Marseille. Sea fans and sponges, which are particularly vulnerable to high
The largely unexplored sea caves of the Caribbean are home to a reclusive and as yet little-understood fauna, which researchers are only just beginning to uncover. A new article published in ZooKeys, co-authored by
Olivier Blight, a lecturer and researcher at IMBE, has sounded the alarm over the spread of the electric ant in the Var. Wasmannia auropunctata, nicknamed the «electric ant» because of the intensity of its
The Endoume Marine Station as told by Thierry Pérez. Situated on the Marseille Corniche, the Endoume Marine Station has been an iconic centre for marine ecology research for over
🦋 Observing, collecting, documenting: Lucy Evelyn Cheesman made the field her laboratory. In this previously unseen video, Jean-Yves Meunier, an entomologist and ecologist at the IRD’s IMBE, sheds light on the career of
What if a plant as yet unknown in France had been hiding for years in the heart of the Crau plain? This is the surprising discovery made by botanists Daniel