Corals and Sea Anemones Turn Sunscreen into Toxins—Understanding How Could Help Save Coral Reefs. Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, ...

How a sea anemone uses its algal symbionts to assimilate nitrogen in nutrient-poor waters. ... Molecular insights into the Darwin paradox of coral reefs from the sea anemone Aiptasia.

A novel in vivo system to study coral biomineralization in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. iScience , 2024; 27 (3): 109131 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109131 Cite This Page : ...

With coral reefs under attack from ongoing climate change effects, what steps can be taken to reverse the damage? This is what a recent study published in iScience hopes to address as a team of ...

But the one thing we know will stop sea anemones (and coral reefs) from bleaching is turning down the heat; that is, taking steps to mitigate climate change.

Discovery about coral-algal symbiosis could help coral reefs recover after bleaching events ... Once again, the algae infected the polyps, though not as successfully as in the sea anemone and coral.

Sea anemones, which are close relatives of corals, ... studying the interaction between these two stresses is important to understand the real-world challenges that coral reefs face." ...

An area of biodiversity (including corals, crustaceans, urchins, anemones, and more) on Cacho De Coral, a newly discovered pristine coral reef. Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute Start Slideshow ...

Specialized immune cells have been identified in the cauliflower coral and starlet sea anemone that can help to fight infection. The findings are important to improve understanding of how ...

Coral reefs cover less than 1 percent of the ocean floor, yet they support 25 percent of all marine creatures. SAVING STAGHORN CORAL . Relatives of the sea anemone and every bit as splashy, corals ...

Corals – like the mushroom coral seen here – and sea anemones absorb oxybenzone and metabolize it, but in doing so, they turn it into a toxin. Christian Renicke , CC BY-ND Metabolism converts ...