We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient body 'blueprint' – one that most animals ...

Sea anemone is genetically half animal, half plant Date: March 18, 2014 Source: University of Vienna Summary: Evolutionary and developmental biologists have discovered that sea anemones display a ...

Pycnogonum litorale, adult male feeding on a sea anemone. C: Georg Brenneis The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides ...

The sea anemone is an oddball: half-plant and half-animal, at least when it comes to its genetic code, new research suggests. The sea creature's genes look more like those of animals, but the ...

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 ...

Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals classified in the phylum Cnidaria. The polyps stick to the sea floor with an adhesive foot called a basal disk and have a column ...

In the four-year study, researchers created a "tree of life" for sea anemones, which are sometimes called "flowers of the sea" but are actually stationary meat-eating animals.In doing so, they ...

The sea anemone is an oddball: half-plant and half-animal, at least when it comes to its genetic code, new research suggests. The sea creature's genes look more like those of animals, but the ...

As larvae, starlet sea anemones grow four base tentacles. After they reach adulthood, they add more until they have as many as 24, although most max out at 16. (Other sea anemone species can grow ...

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 ...