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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of feet deep in the South Pacific Ocean, a pair of scientists piloted a submersible through the dark waters and scanned the seafloor. Some pale creatures with dozens of tentacles caught ...

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.

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 ...

A picture of an adorable sea anemone with googly eyes has been posted to social media. The creature was caught by Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov, who posted a picture of the sea anemone to his ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Giant green sea anemones can be found under the waves on rocky ...

Integrative and Comparative Biology, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Sep., 2005), pp. 615-622 (8 pages) Sea anemones (Phylum Cnidaria; Class Anthozoa, Order Actiniaria) exhibit a diversity of developmental patterns ...

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 ...

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 ...