So it’s surprising that this species in the phylum Cnidarians (along with jellyfish, corals, and other sea creatures) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starlet Sea Anemone Nematostella Vectensis Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient ...

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 ...

They’re the first animals known to turn food into extra limbs. By Cara Giaimo People have a lot of strategies for dealing with the effects of large meals — constitutionals, antacids, workouts, naps.

Symbiosis is the long-term, close interaction between two or more biological species, most often for the benefit of one or both parties. These interactions highlight the diversity of nature. One ...

The Red Sea, circled by desert landscapes, is home to marine life accustomed to the water's bathtub-like temperatures—often reaching 85 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. But in the past three ...

A new look at the starlet sea anemone’s stinger gets right to the point. Live-animal images and 3-D computer reconstructions have revealed the complex architecture of the tiny creature’s needlelike ...

New research shows how little we know about the diets of some underwater scavengers—and the intricate connections between land and marine food webs. When researcher Christopher Wells discovered that ...

Tiny fragments of plastic in the ocean are consumed by sea anemones along with their food, and bleached anemones retain these microfibers longer than healthy ones, according to new research. The work ...

The tube-dwelling anemone is an ancient sea creature that resembles a prehistoric flower. The animals live slow, long and predictable lifestyles and look fairly similar from species to species. It'd ...

Researchers have identified the first known example of one animal, a boxer crab, stimulating another animal, a sea anemone, to reproduce asexually. From the outside, it's a bit of an abusive situation ...

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. The discovery could shake up the timeline ...