Recent work has shown that muddy sediments are elastic solids through which animals extend burrows by fracture, whereas non-cohesive granular sands fluidize around some burrowers. These different mechanical responses are reflected in the morphologies and behaviours of their respective inhabitants. However, Armandia brevis, a mud-burrowing opheliid polychaete, lacks an expansible anterior consis...

Since the 1970s, Samar and Leyte islands had a thriving sea cucumber fishery but have rapidly declined over years. In Maliwaliw Island, anecdotal accounts validated by community revealed that island brisk collapsed due to uncontrolled collection. 2013, sandfish ranching project was implemented in Salcedo, Eastern Samar, bring back has disappeared from area, subsequently provide supplemental liv...