Image of the Day: Pretty Jellies
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 19, 2019
The genomes of jellyfish are compared with those of other Cnidarian species that don’t have a free-swimming stage.
Image of the Day: Squeeze In
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jul 30, 2018
A novel system lets researchers examine the neuromuscular features of a hydra.
Image of the Day: Remodeled
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 25, 2018
Researchers use CRISPR-Cas9 to create transgenic Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus, a cnidarian, for the first time.
Image of the Day: Spammed by Hydra
The Scientist Staff, The Scientist Staff | May 1, 2018
A junk mail filter can learn to pick out six behaviors of hydras by analyzing hours of video footage.
Sea Anemones Illuminate the Evolution of Embryo Development
Abby Olena | Sep 11, 2017
A study of a simple marine animal suggests that the common ancestor of cnidarians and bilaterians may have had three germ layers instead of two.