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

Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient body 'blueprint' – one that most animals, including humans, still follow. The discovery could shake up the timeline ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sea anemones look like simple, radial animals. Yet their bodies hide a front-to-back plan that mirrors the layout seen in animals with heads and tails. A new study shows that the cells of these ...

Fig. 1: Adult polyp of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. C: Grigory Genikhovich. New insights into the evolution of the back-belly-axis A new study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea ...

MIAMI—Researchers have perfected the recipe for keeping sea anemone and coral cells alive in a petri dish for up to 12 days.