Pycnogonum litorale, adult male feeding on a sea anemone. C: Georg Brenneis The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides ...

The ancient wandering womb theory suggested that many ailments in women were caused by the uterus becoming dislodged and roaming the body in search ...

The octopus is one of the world’s most alien creatures, but nothing puts that into perspective more than the physiological ...

Jellyfish, ancient and diverse, exhibit remarkable adaptations, from bioluminescence to immortality. These gelatinous creatures, mostly water, thrive ...

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

Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a ...

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 ...

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 ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to ...

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 ...