New research shows how little we know about the diets of some underwater scavengers—and the intricate connections between land and marine food webs. When researcher Christopher Wells discovered that ...

Corals, anemones and jellies are related and all classified in the phylum Cnidaria or “stinging needles.” The animals in this group are aquatic, possess stinging cells within their tissues and have a ...

Anemonefish form mutualistic relationships with the sea anemones they live in and these associations are not random: some species such as the yellow-tail anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) are ...

A couple of month's back I described how sea slugs steal stinging cells from anemones when they snack on them - a crafty tactic that lets the slug turn their prey's defence into their own weapons when ...

Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish. The scientists discovered that anemonefish are better at distinguishing different ...