Scientists have discovered one of the largest known sea creatures – a coral the size ... comprising nearly one billion ...

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 ...

Courtesy Andrea Quattrini A new small sea creature was discovered during ... species of soft coral that has a yellow center and long polyps with tentacles, according to a study published March ...

The man-of-war comprises four separate polyps. It gets its name from the uppermost polyp, a gas-filled bladder, or pneumatophore, which sits above the water and somewhat resembles an old warship ...

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 ...