Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions have discovered a new species of deep-sea sea anemone that builds shell-like "homes" for hermit crabs—an extraordinary case of ...

Photosynthetic anemones do something that was thought to be limited to plants until now: they orient themselves towards the sun, following its daily movement across the sky. These are the first known ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Vienna published a study in Science Advances which states that sea anemones use a process called "bone morphogenetic protein shuttling" to organize their bodies.

Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a molecular mechanism known as BMP shuttling, once thought unique to ...

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 of ...

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 ...

For the first time, a team of researchers at Stanford University and UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has uncovered a direct genetic link between fluorescence and color in sea ...