Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would ... (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for ...

Our team found sea squirts dominated communities off Rakiura Stewart Island, anemone stands in the Wellington region, red ...

The night is filled with silent chases and narrow escapes, turning the peaceful reef into a stage for survival. Coral polyps, which look like tiny sea anemones, extend their tentacles at night to ...

Similar to a sea anemone, a polyp has a squidgy body ... Colonies of polyps and their limestone skeletons together form coral reefs. During the day, most polyps stay inside their protective skeleton, ...

The variety of life found on coral reefs attracts some of the ocean’s deadliest ... Clownfish live in symbiosis with sea anemones, which they protect aggressively, even from humans. The clownfish has ...

In the crevices of the corals, search for reef fish, butterflyfish, pufferfish, anemones ... up view of the sea life – though others found this a bit unnatural. To reach the Coral Gardens ...

Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life. It could become the world’s “last coral refuge” as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere ...

Read about different competitive relationships on the reef. The bottlenose dolphin ... and will rip tentacles from sea anemones if given the chance. Having evolved resistance to the anemones ...