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Inside the colorful world of clownfish and sea anemones

This vibrant underwater scene features a clownfish living among the tentacles of a sea anemone, one of the ocean's most ...

How sea anemone cells reform into an organism

Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered a key mechanism that enables sea anemones to regenerate into fully ...

A Sea Anemone Uses CARDIB to Fight Viruses—and It’s Even More Bizarre Than It Sounds

Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that researchers called “counterintuitive.” ...

Invertebrates can distinguish good from bad bacteria

Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Kiel University (CAU) have examined immune system function in ...

Scientists found that a sea anemone can distinguish helpful bacteria from harmful bacteria without antibodies or immune memory cells

Sea anemones distinguish helpful bacteria from harmful invaders without antibodies. Specialized cell structures engulf and ...
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Israeli scientists say they’ve discovered a unique immune system in sea anemones

Evolutionary split 600 million years ago upends long-held scientific belief that all animals share one ancestral antiviral ...