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

The study, led by biologists at Harvard University, found that the slugs build sac-like structures known as kleptosomes out of their own cells in which the chloroplasts are stashed. The kleptosomes ...

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Abstract This study provides an in-depth examination of the ecological interaction between the non-native Diadumene lineata (Verrill, 1869) sea anemone, and the Polysyncraton amethysteum Van Name, ...

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 ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

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 Anemones Sea anemones can reproduce and regenerate through a process known as pedal laceration, where fragments of their pedal disc detach and develop into new individuals.

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 ...