The boxer crab uses tiny anemones as miniature boxing gloves, one on each front claw. This is known as a mutually symbiotic relationship in the marine world. If the crab loses one of its anemone ...

However, by moving with the help of the hermit crab, the sea anemone can encounter more water flow, which brings it more food. This helps the sea anemone stay alive and well-fed. The hermit crab also ...

A new study, drawing on nighttime underwater photography, documented previously unknown “symbiotic associations” between juvenile fish and larval anemones, with some fish staying close to the anemones ...

A new invasive species has been discovered on the Jersey Shore: an anemone from across the Atlantic Ocean that scientists describe as a greenish blue snot ball. The Actinia equina, also known as the ...

In an environment as vast and extreme as the world’s oceans, survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. That’s probably why cooperation is the name of the game for many of the more vulnerable ...