So, even if the anemone became smaller after an injury, it maintained the same shape. "We were able to witness the body-wide coordination that drives this remodeling," Ikmi explained.

The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

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

As North Carolina State fish biologist Patrick Cooney wrote on his blog The Fisheries: Father and mother clownfish are tending to their clutch of eggs at their sea anemone when the mother is eaten ...

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 ...