Bryozoans are zooids with both female and male sex organs, which allows them to clone themselves. There are nearly 6,000 recorded species of the obscure beings — ideally not hanging around in ...

Bryozoans are mysterious clumps of creatures known as zooids. They are a fraction of a millimetre long and form a slimy mass when together. The animals originally come from the eastern part of the US.

Cute but not cuddly, a colony of sea squirts dubbed “Skeleton panda ascidian” by divers after being discovered in waters off Okinawa Prefecture has been identified as a new species. The sea ...

Bryozoans are tiny animals, no larger than four millimetres, which form colonies of numerous connected units called zooids. They are invertebrates and have male and female reproductive organs ...

Why they're awesome: The largest animal on Earth is thought to be the blue whale, but these strange sea creatures can grow ...

“Individuals called ‘zooids’ continually clone themselves until they create a large mass where they filter tiny particles out of the water for food,” the message continued. “What makes ...

An influx of unusual blob-like sea creatures that resemble something of a translucent pickle have been washing up in their thousands on west coast beaches in recent years, since heatwaves ...

The Ink In This Tattoo Is Made Out Of Living Cells A.K.A. bacteria. This Swarm Of Little Robots Is A Totally New Kind Of Interface They're called Zooids, and they could replace many of the screens ...

Some of the bryozoans can appear to glow (Picture: Shutterstock) Bryozoans are clumps of creatures known as zooids, they are a fraction of a millimeter long and form the slimy mass. Follow us to ...

Can bryozoans escape parasites by dispersing to new sites? Bryozoans form colonies composed of tiny (~1mm) iterated modules called zooids whose tentacular crowns create feeding currents to capture ...

A cormidium contains zooids for feeding (gastrozooids), others for buoyancy (bracts) and yet others for reproduction (gonophores). Gastrozooids are muscular tubes attached to the stem at one end and ...