"It makes it that much harder to manage it." Officials consider extreme measures to deal with 'urgent' threat in popular bay: ...

Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would ... (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for ...

anemones are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks on the sea bottom or on coral reefs waiting for fish to pass close enough to get ensnared in their venom-filled tentacles.

Combing through coffee table books on sea life, his eye landed on a photo of two fish peeking out of an anemone ... wondrous tropical ecosystem: the coral reef and its denizens.

In turn, the anemone's stinging cells keep the fish safe from predators. We are working to uncover relationships between different parts of a reef ecosystem, such as corals, fishes, sea stars ...

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,” ...

Coral reef cities never sleep ... An extraordinary species of clownfish has made a home in an anemone away from the reef. But it is up to the big male to find a way for the female to lay her ...

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,” ...

Similar to a sea anemone, a polyp has a squidgy body ... Colonies of polyps and their limestone skeletons together form coral reefs. During the day, most polyps stay inside their protective skeleton, ...