sea anemone

Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, but no one knew how. A new study shows how corals turn oxybenzone into a sunlight-activated toxin.

Anemones keep their algae populations in check.

Molecules similar to those produced by sea anemones are neuroprotective in a mouse cell model of Alzheimer’s disease.

Climate change is bleaching sea anemones, and it’s stressing out the clownfish that live in them.

If successful, the treatments could alleviate patients’ pain by reducing inflammation.