NOAA confirms the 'golden orb' found in Alaska is part of a giant sea anemone base, but the rest of the creature remains missing.

After two and a half years of speculation, NOAA scientists have identified the mysterious ‘golden orb’ found over two miles deep in the Gulf of Alaska as the base remnant of a giant deep-sea anemone, ...

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Scientists have solved a two-and-a-half-year mystery surrounding a shiny 'golden orb' found over two miles deep in the Gulf of Alaska during a 2023 NOAA expedition. Detailed morphological and genetic ...

Kumamoto University-led team identifies Paracalliactis tsukisome sp. nov., revealing a rare example of co-evolution in the deep sea Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions ...

There are thousands of different species of sea anemones in the ocean with some living as far deep as 32,000 feet. Anemones are marine invertebrates that are closely related to jellyfish. This ...

A 2023 marine heat wave in the central Red Sea caused 100% of monitored sea anemones to bleach, followed by the death of 94-100% of clownfish and 66-94% of the anemones across three surveyed reefs.

A team of researchers has uncovered a direct genetic link between fluorescence and color in sea anemones -- those soft and tentacled tide pool creatures often encountered by beachgoers. For the first ...