HEALTH UPDATE

Most people are aware that many marine creatures, like jellyfish, can be dangerous anc cause paingful injuries. Few people are aware that some echinoderms can be dangerous too, and not only because of their sharp spines. Some species are venemous and can cause very painful injuries. Few of these poisonous echinoderms are ophiuroids, however.

DON'T LET SOME PESKY POISONOUS  ECHINODERMS RUIN YOUR NEXT VACATION IN PARADISE! CHECK ON THE  ECHINODERM ENVENOMATION WARNINGS BEFORE YOU TRAVEL! CLICK ON THE BUTTON BELOW FOR RECENT WARNINGS!

Stings and Things

Many researchers have focused  on potential new sources of pharmaceuticals in recent years. While  some have studied tropical  rainforest plants, others have been  studying less notable (and easily overlooked) sources. Enter the  humble brittlestars, and their even more humble bacterial assemblage. Read an article about what some researchers just discovered about the  great potential of brittlestars to improve our health. Click on the button below

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER THAT BACTERIAL INHABITANTS OF OPHIUROIDS HAVE GREAT  POTENTIAL IN TREATMENT OF  HUMAN DISEASES.