above the algae-covered coral they commonly graze on. Their gentle disposition disappears, however, in the presence of another favorite food: sea anemones. When feeding, the butterflyfish turn ...

Typically, corals feed by receiving nutrition provided by photosynthetic symbiotic algae and catching and eating tiny aquatic organisms called zooplankton. These algae also give coral their ...

is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks on the sea ...

The shrews climb onto the pitcher's rim to feed on the nectar. In return, with the plant's hollow body acting a bit like a toilet bowl, the shrews drop their nutritional faeces into the plant's ...

Consider barnacles that attach themselves to whales. The whales aren't harmed, but the filter-feeding hitchhikers get ferried around the ocean and may find more food than if they were stuck in one ...

Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a diverse group that includes jellyfish, hydroids, and sea anemones ... space and food also leads many filter-feeding organisms to grow away from ...

Seeing clownfish darting among the tentacled folds of an anemone is like watching butterflies flitting around a flowering plant in a breeze ... getting the larvae to feed, for one—and it takes ...

Coral reefs will continue to experience severe heat stress as rising temperatures cause the oceans to become unbearably ...

Well-rotted garden compost or manure will feed the soil and the organisms within it and provide a much healthier environment ...