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

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 ...

Around 100 million years ago, a group of sea snails abandoned the one thing that should have kept them alive—their shells.

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

An unusual discovery was made along the Texas coast as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Aransas Bay team was conducting routine sampling when they came across a mysterious piece of marine ...

Two Virginia high school students have discovered how sea anemones respond to salinity changes caused by hurricane rainfall. As hurricanes worsen due to climate change, this important information ...

Every species needs a backup strategy when food is difficult to find. For sea anemones, Plan B is their symbiotic relationship with tiny algae living under their skin. University of California, Irvine ...

A study shows that sea anemones that react more slowly to change can survive a heatwave better than individuals that change their behavior quickly. Even in nature, pride can prevail. A study with ...

Re-growing damaged or diseased brain tissue may be the answer to improving treatment of central nervous system disorders such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, among ...

New research shows how little we know about the diets of some underwater scavengers—and the intricate connections between land and marine food webs. When researcher Christopher Wells discovered that ...

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 ...