What are some of the fascinating sea plants? They play an essential role in the marine ecosystem by providing food, shelter ...

We kneel to examine one of those larval roamers—or rather the resulting adult. The giant green sea anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica, is a formidable predator, though it waits for unsuspecting ...

Anemonefish form mutualistic relationships with the sea anemones they live in and these associations are not random: some species such as the yellow-tail anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) are ...

IMAGINE walking up to fluorescent green sea anemones, kneeling beside them, and capturing unforgettable photos. Or tracking giant hermit crabs and starfish on foot, getting an up-close view of ...

Golden Bear If you're a fan of zinnias or dahlias, this sunflower is for you. It yields whimsical blossoms with thousands of tiny petals that make each tall, yellow flower look like something out of a ...

This is the first-ever photograph of the only sea anemone in the world known to live in ice. The species was discovered in 2010 by a remotely operated vehicle on an expedition in the Ross Sea in ...

Surrounded by giant green anemones, a lone ocher sea star feeds on mussels and barnacles. Since 2013 sea stars along the Pacific coast have been dying in unprecedented numbers. Scientists suspect ...

Scientists at the University of Vienna have identified potential multipotent stem cells in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. These cells, regulated by ancient conserved genes, allow the anemone ...

Many marine organisms, like sea anemones, struggle to spread across the ocean, especially if they lack long, mobile larval ...

TOBA, Mie Prefecture--Toba Aquarium curator Takeya Moritaki gasped in shock when he saw a large sea spider feasting on a sea anemone. But it wasn’t the spectacle that startled Moritaki, 50, who ...

Scientists have named more than 175 species of siphonophore, including deep-sea colonies that glow green, blue and sometimes ...