The Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve began its free summer aquarium tours Thursday where visitors can learn ...

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

The study, led by biologists at Harvard University, found that the slugs build sac-like structures known as kleptosomes out of their own cells in which the chloroplasts are stashed. The kleptosomes ...

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Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

The dikkop bird guards Nile crocodile nests, and in exchange, the crocodile protects the bird’s eggs. Discover this wild ...

Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient body 'blueprint' – one that most animals, including humans, still follow. The discovery could shake up the timeline ...

While it’s the library’s first time doing a sea life touch tank, it will bring other kinds of critters this summer to the Oak ...

A new study reveals the harmful influence of artificial light at night on the immobile species, the snakelocks anemone.The ...

While some artists and designers are inspired by the form and function of nature, others engage with its metaphorical ...

The anemone, named Discoactis tritentaculata, or “umi-no-Fujisan,” which translates to “Mount Fuji of the ocean” in Japanese, ...

So while the sea anemone's genome, gene repertoire, and gene regulation on the DNA level is surprisingly similar to vertebrates, its post-transcriptional regulation is undeniably plant-like -- and ...