Corals harbor intracellular algal symbionts in specialized organelles that enable them to build diverse reef ecosystems. Corals and other cnidarians have repeatedly evolved this symbiosis through the ...

Jellyfish rely on light cues to help coordinate the timing of their gamete release. By characterizing a new species of jellyfish, this study reveals an additional autonomous circadian mechanism that s...

How antiviral immunity first arose in animals is a central question in evolutionary biology. Using the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, we identify CARDIB, a previously uncharacterized gene located...

Adult intestinal plasticity and tissue repair involves complex and reciprocal multicellular interactions. Medina, Perochon, et al. report a signaling axis between hormone-producing cells in the intest...

Via genetic ablation of neurons, Mazloumi Gavgani et al. show that the nervous system is essential for defining axial polarity during whole-body regeneration in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

The ability to sense and respond to environmental cues is fundamental to animal behavior and survival. In ctenophores - early-branching marine animals - a syncytial nerve net underlies complex behavio...

Liang et al. report that Ano5 and Ano6 are required for sensing and responding to mechanical and chemical cues that mediate larval settlement and metamorphosis in the invertebrate chordate Ciona intes...

The formation of an appropriately shaped dendritic arbor is critical for a neuron to receive information. Dendritic morphogenesis is a dynamic process involving growth, branching, and retraction. How ...

Highlighted Article: The photosymbiotic sea anemone Anemonia viridis exhibits heliotropic behaviour by pointing its tentacles towards the sun and tracking its position throughout the day.

Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Stem Cell and Developmental Biology) Location(s): New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Berlin or Heidelberg Application Deadline: About Spring...

Some animals are able to regenerate all missing cell types and large body parts after bisection, a phenomenon called whole-body regeneration. Many of these animals regenerate the correct tissues and s...

The evolutionary expansion of extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules has been crucial for the establishment of cell adhesion and the transition from unicellular to multicellular life. Members of the pre...