Sea anemones distinguish helpful bacteria from harmful invaders without antibodies. Specialized cell structures engulf and ...

Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that researchers called “counterintuitive.” ...

After nearly three years of investigation, scientists have identified the mysterious 'golden orb' found deep in the Gulf of Alaska in 2023 as the remains of a giant deep-sea anemone, Relicanthus ...

Starlet anemone grow tentacle arms based on how much food they intake. Courtesy of Anniek Stokkermans/European Molecular Biology Lab Heidelberg To many humans, the popular proverb “you are what you ...

Despite the long, dangerous journey depicted in Pixar's "Finding Nemo," clownfish (and other species of anemonefish) are, in real life, deeply attached to their underwater homes. As young larvae, ...

A research robot out on a routine test inadvertently stumbled upon a never-before-seen species of sea anemone living upside down in Antarctic ice. It’s a remarkable discovery that could hint at the ...

National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, while using a camera-equipped robot to survey the area under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, unexpectedly ...

New research on tube anemones is challenging everything that evolutionary biologists thought they knew about sea animal genetics. The mitochondrial DNA of the tube anemone, or Ceriantharia, is a real ...

Every species needs a backup strategy when food is difficult to find. For sea anemones, Plan B is their symbiotic relationship with tiny algae living under their skin. University of California, Irvine ...

Prepare to be charmed by anemones, or windflowers, which have pretty cup-shaped blooms that wave in the breeze. Anemones include about 200 species that belong to the buttercup family.The Southern ...