The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

This story appears in the January 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. When Andrew Stanton set out to make an animated children's movie set in the ocean and faithful to "the real rules of ...

Relatives of the sea anemone and every bit as splashy, corals display hues ranging from brilliant orange and deep salmon to pale pink and subtle violet. Often referred to as “rainforests of the sea,” ...

Actually, it's more like eat and be eaten for most organisms. While plants and some bacteria can make their own food, other organisms must eat living things to survive. This makes them predators.

Relatives of the sea anemone and every bit as splashy, corals display hues ranging from brilliant orange and deep salmon to pale pink and subtle violet. Often referred to as “rainforests of the sea,” ...