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 ...

A new invasive species has been discovered on the Jersey Shore: an anemone from across the Atlantic Ocean that scientists describe as a greenish blue snot ball. The Actinia equina, also known as the ...

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Zoe Richardson, a doctoral student at the University of California at Davis, walks through mud flats along the shore of Tomales Bay in Marshall at low tide on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Richardson is ...

In an environment as vast and extreme as the world’s oceans, survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. That’s probably why cooperation is the name of the game for many of the more vulnerable ...

Clownfish became a household name over a decade ago when Disney released the movie "Finding Nemo." Found exclusively in the Indo-Pacific, clownfish are symbiotic animals that only live in sea anemones ...

Anemones have this nickname because the word “anemone” derives from the Greek term anemos, meaning “winds.” Anemos is related to the mythological idea that each Greek god was associated with a ...

The sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones share notable similarities with those of humans, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings support the hypothesis that ...