One common chemical in sunscreen can have devastating effects on coral reefs. Now, scientists know why. Sea anemones, which are closely related to corals, and mushroom coral can turn oxybenzone ...

The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

Oxybenzone — a chemical linked to coral bleaching — transforms from a UV-blocking agent into one that damages cells when exposed to light.

Corals and Sea Anemones Turn Sunscreen into Toxins—Understanding How Could Help Save Coral Reefs. Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, ...

Anemone fish in the Indo-Pacific are another example of mutualism on coral reefs. The anemone fish lives among the stinging tentacles of the sea anemone and gains a refuge from predation while the ...

With coral reefs under attack from ongoing climate change effects, what steps can be taken to reverse the damage? This is what a recent study published in iScience hopes to address as a team of ...

Into the dark: Two new encrusting anemones found in coral reef caves. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 01 / 150128093542.htm. Pensoft Publishers.

Scientists identify live immune cells in a coral and sea anemone. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 08 / 210817193039.htm ...

Researchers have perfected the recipe for keeping sea anemone and coral cells alive in a petri dish for up to 12 days. The new study, led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel ...

Corals – like the mushroom coral seen here – and sea anemones absorb oxybenzone and metabolize it, but in doing so, they turn it into a toxin. Christian Renicke, CC BY-ND ...