Floating sea anemones are rarely seen on land because they spend their lives drifting in the open ocean, clinging to floating debris.

This allowed them to see which genes were active in different parts of the anemone’s body during regeneration. They found it surprising that the injury triggered molecular changes near and far ...

Relatives of the sea anemone include coral and jellyfish. Like jellyfish, the sea anemone has stinging cells on its tentacles. This is how the sea anemone catches its prey and defends itself from ...

Known as Velella velella or by-the-wind-sailors, the blobs are related to jellyfish, corals, sea anemones and hydroids ...

In this last one a small white sea-anemone occurs abundantly in the fine bottom mud: more than a hundred specimens were obtained during one visit in November. The anemone appears to be ...

While the mammals appear relatively tolerant of this behaviour, it's not beneficial to them. Anemones are flowerlike marine animals with neurotoxin filled stinging tentacles. They use these to help ...