In a study published today, scientists report that the long-term success of clownfish depends more on living in a good neighbourhood than it does on good genes.
Ecology
Nov 26, 2019
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Ecological communities on the Oregon coast are being subtly destabilized by the pressures of climate change despite giving an appearance of stress resistance, new research by Oregon State University shows.
Ecology
Jan 10, 2022
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Tropical oceans are typically nutrient-poor, yet they host vast biologically diverse reef ecosystems built by symbiotic cnidarians (including corals and anemones). This apparent contradiction, known as the Darwin Paradox, ...
Ecology
May 15, 2023
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As insects evolve to become resistant to insecticides, the need to develop new ways to control pests grows. A team of scientists from Leuven, Belgium have discovered that the sea anemone's venom harbors several toxins that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2012
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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that not only netted ...
Feb 4, 2009
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The cnidocytes—or stinging cells—that are characteristic of sea anemones, hydrae, corals and jellyfish, and make us careful of our feet while wading in the ocean, are also an excellent model for understanding the emergence ...
Evolution
May 12, 2022
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The team led by evolutionary and developmental biologist Ulrich Technau at the University of Vienna discovered that sea anemones display a genomic landscape with a complexity of regulatory elements similar to that of fruit ...
Biotechnology
Mar 18, 2014
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Round the planet the loveable clownfish Nemo may be losing his home, a new scientific study has revealed.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2013
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Bleached anemones—those lacking symbiotic algae—do not move toward light, a behavior exhibited by healthy, symbiotic anemones. Published in Coral Reefs, this finding from Carnegie's Shawna Foo, Arthur Grossman, and Ken ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2019
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Cooperation between species to help each other's survival is known as mutualism. It is seen among many types of organisms, such as plants and fungi that exchange nutrients with one another, plants that provide bees with nectar ...
Plants & Animals
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