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

Lurking in the deep sea is a marine creature thought to be one of the world's largest sea anemones. But the animal, which has tentacles measuring more than 6 feet long, isn't an anemone but rather the ...

Scientists have discovered a novel antiviral defense system in sea anemones, entirely distinct from human immunity. This ...

A Partnership Built on Poison The sea anemone is a predator. Its tentacles carry nematocysts, microscopic harpoons that fire ...

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 ...

Tropical oceans are typically nutrient-poor, yet they host vast biologically diverse reef ecosystems built by symbiotic cnidarians (including corals and anemones). This apparent contradiction, known ...

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea ...

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 ...

Researchers cruising for creatures that live in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean found a new species of sea anemone living in the unlikeliest of habitats -- the carcass of a dead whale. A marine ...

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 ...