Researchers studied the annual mass deaths of pink amphipods in Eilat. Climate change and disease were ruled out.

Visitors to the shores of Eilat in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, during March and April in the past two years were met with an unexpected sight—the shores were tinged with a striking pink hue.

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University marine ecologists and computer scientists ... Crustaceans called amphipods selectively consumed diseased eelgrass, while the isopods and snails prefer to ...