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

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

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

The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

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 ...

Sea Cucumbers Sea cucumbers have an extraordinary defense mechanism: they can eject their internal organs to escape predators. Remarkably, they can regenerate these organs within weeks.

Life Cryopreserved sea star larvae could enable vital species to recover Sea star larvae have been stored at -200°C and thawed for the first time, a step towards restoring populations that have ...

Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a molecular mechanism known as BMP shuttling, once thought unique to ...

A study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea anemones use a molecular mechanism known from bilaterian animals to form their back-to-belly body axis. This mechanism ("BMP shuttling ...

To test whether sea anemones use Chordin as a local inhibitor or as a shuttle, the researchers first blocked Chordin production in the embryos of the model sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. In ...