A study in the journal Cell sheds new light on the evolution of neurons, focusing on the placozoans, a millimeter-sized marine animal. Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona ...

Confocal microscopy image of nuclei, coloured by depth, of Trichoplax sp. H2, one of the four species of placozoan for which the authors of the study created a cell atlas for. [Sebastian R.

If you’ve never seen a live jellyfish in an aquarium setting, you really ought to. Serving as reminders of a primitive life form and providing a link to a very different time in evolutionary history, ...

Researchers find that stinging cells called cnidocytes could be a beneficial model to understand the emergence of new cell types, which has been a key challenge in evolutionary biology. Sea anemones ...

Hydrozoa represent one of the most speciose and morphologically varied lineages within the phylum Cnidaria, encompassing solitary hydroids, colonial branching forms and free-swimming medusae.