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Scientists discovered that the brainless sea anemone build their bodies with a technique common in bilaterians... which is ...
Have you seen the clear, gelatinous creatures all over Grand Strand beaches? Here’s what the blobs are and why they’re covering the shore around Myrtle Beach.
Cnidarians, which include jellyfish, corals and sea anemones, are the closest living relatives of animals with bilateral symmetry, such as humans and insects. Though creatures like sea anemones are ...
Recent findings showed that miRNAs in cnidarians, early-branching metazoans, act similarly to plant miRNAs, by exhibiting full complementarity and target cleavage; however, it remained unknown if seed ...
The animal kingdom contains a vast array of animals capability of remarkable regenerative abilities, but known are quite as adept at this healing task than sea-swelling Cnidarians, such as hydra ...
It's difficult for humans, as conscious beings, to imagine life without a brain. For us, the brain is crucial, so much so that individuals declared brain dead are often considered deceased by ...
No brain, no problem: Tiny jellyfish can learn from experience Cnidarians -- the animal group which includes jellyfish, sea anemones and coral -- are brainless, instead getting by with a ...
Correction for Pascual-Torner et al., Comparative genomics of mortal and immortal cnidarians unveils novel keys behind rejuvenation ...
Cnidaria (/naɪˈdɛəriə/) is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic (freshwater and marine) environments: they are predominantly marine species. Their ...
The ability to remember these things is thought to have come about as nervous systems evolved, regulating synaptic strength and plasticity in the brain. But not all animals have brains. Cnidarians ...