Photo credit: Toni Clough Purple and orange sea stars cling to rocks like living decorations, while green anemones wave their tentacles in the gentle current like they’re at an underwater concert.

Vibrant sea stars – purple, orange, and occasionally a striking combination of both – cling to rocks with a determination that seems almost philosophical. Green anemones wave their tentacles in the ...

Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes “that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones,” researchers said in a July 10 study published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. They are ...

In this article, we present the novel design of a multitentacle gripper inspired by the motions of sea anemones. It is found that each tentacle of the sea anemone is not individually able to capture a ...

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