IN the course of experiments on Ulva mutabilis1 some gametophytes are occasionally found forming swarmer which copulate neither with +-gametes nor with −-gametes. These swarmers are diploid, as ...

Ulva is an island just off the coast of Mull in the Inner Hebrides. It was once home to up to 800 people but after the 'clearances' of the 19th Century it gradually declined to just 5 inhabitants ...

Among the striking images of China’s preparation for the Olympic Games, the most bizarre must surely be the giant bloom of green algae that struck Qingdao bay in late June. The 13,000-square ...

The Scottish Land Fund has announced an award of up to £4.4m to a community bid to buy the island of Ulva and land on the neighbouring Isle of Mull. Only six people, including the landowner, live ...

Hundreds of people have contacted the community landowners of Ulva about potentially moving to the tiny Hebridean island. Only five people currently live on the isle near Mull in Argyll. North ...