A team of researchers has uncovered a direct genetic link between fluorescence and color in sea anemones -- those soft and tentacled tide pool creatures often encountered by beachgoers. For the first ...

There are thousands of different species of sea anemones in the ocean with some living as far deep as 32,000 feet. Anemones are marine invertebrates that are closely related to jellyfish. This ...

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 ...

A recent study presents a new tree of life for clownfish-hosting sea anemones along with some surprises about their taxonomy and origins. Thanks in part to the popular film Finding Nemo, clownfishes ...

If you’ve visited the rocky California coast at low tide, you’ve probably seen, stepped on, and stuck fingers into carpets of aggregating sea anemones, or sea flowers. These elegant and colorful ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only ...

Learn more about the juvenile fish that carry sea anemones like weapons or shields to ward off predators. Off the coast of Tahiti, small fish have developed a big adaptation to prevent becoming prey.

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 ...