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

Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient body 'blueprint' – one that most animals ...

Although the team’s stated goal is to capture footage of an adult colossal squid in its natural environment, according to ...

Swimming through the shadowy waters off Palau, scuba divers watched life on a coral reef after dark. One reddish sea creature ...

A recently published study explores the relationship between sea spiders and bacteria. Discover more and meet one of the study's researchers.

So which vertebrate animals are evolving the fastest? It's a close call. "I don't know if any particular organisms are always evolving fast," Michael Benton, a vertebrate paleontologist at the ...

With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, this Dumbo octopus looks like it waltzed straight out of an ...

The Ocean Quahog has turned heads with its astonishing lifespan. Found in the icy depths of the North Atlantic, these ...

The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

Antarctica appears sparse. Nothing but white ice, glaciers and harsh conditions that only a few animals have adapted to ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Sea anemones use ancient BMP shuttling to shape their bodies—linking them to humans and revealing deep roots of animal body ...