Mar. 8, 2023 — Billions of sea anemones adorn the bottom of the Earth's oceans -- yet they are among the rarest of fossils because their squishy bodies lack easily fossilized hard parts. Now a ...

Single-cell atavism reveals an ancient mechanism of cell type diversification in a sea anemone. Nature Communications , 2023; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36615-9 Cite This Page : ...

But sea anemones, whose species number more than 1,000, also are generally hearty and highly adaptable, though their chosen environment at Tomales Bay is similar to their native context, Monuki said.

Sea anemones have toxic tentacles that can shoot neurotoxins into unsuspecting prey, but while deadly for many, a group of fish has used this to their advantage.

Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes "that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones," researchers said in a July 10 study published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. They are ...

Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient body 'blueprint' – one that most animals, including humans, still follow.

Armed with a camera and a sense of wonder, Sapeer captured a wall draped in sagging sea anemones. ''My friend and I went to ...

Humans, like every other animal that is symmetrical on both sides, are bilatarians, and the closest extant relatives of bilatarians are cnidarians like hydras, jellyfish, and yes, sea anemones.

Unlike most sea anemones that attach to rocks or the seafloor, the floating sea anemone has adapted to a life at sea. It can attach to floating objects such as seaweed, feathers, and even plastic.

A discovery in the treatment of hearing loss made at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette comes from one of the most unlikely of creatures: the humble sea anemone. Professors Glen Watson ...

May 21, 2014— -- Appearances can be deceiving. The giant-tentacled monster of the sea, once thought to be a sea anemone, is actually an impostor that belongs to a new order of animals ...