Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

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 ...

These “sand-encrusted” polyps form “small groups embedded and ... Francisca’s cluster anemones were found growing over sea sponges or “directly” on rocky cliffs, researchers said.

This is the stage where the jellyfish is still attached to the sea floor. This polyp then transforms into a medusa, which is the free-swimming stage of an adult jellyfish. And the medusa is ...

Larvae mature into polyps, which will then bud off and mature into young jellyfish.' An adult jellyfish is known as a medusa. Jellyfish belong to a group called Cnidaria, which also includes sea ...

We’ll explain everything you need to know, in a nutshell… Corals are tiny animals called a ‘polyps’, that typically live in large colonies. Similar to a sea anemone, a polyp has a squidgy body, with a ...

Biological sciences researchers from the U of A have led the publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory ...

If a doctor discovers colon polyps, they will often remove them and test for cancer. If cancer is present, cancer specialists will outline a treatment plan, which may include surgery, chemotherapy ...