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All echinoderms are clearly related, but exactly how the five types came about is not clear.

Whether they absorb molecules across the body surface or swallow live prey, all animals must get their energy from a food source. Here are the ways they do this.

Success with motile invertebrates like coral requires appropriate nutrition that comes in the form of an unlikely sounding product - reef snow.

The biggest fish in the world feed on very small animal plankton, just as enormous whales survive on krill.

One kind of fish gave rise to all four-legged animals.

Some animals live on the rocks, some underneath, and a few even live inside them.

Animal shapes have evolved to fit the way of feeding.

Mantas are docile filter feeders that seem to enjoy interacting with humans.

Intertidal species of different oceans exhibiting similar adaptations to their environment and resembling one-another superficially.

Feeding on the blood of another animal is a way of life found in many groups of animals, and it is one way of passing diseases to humans, their livestock and their pets.

Feeding every life form in a coral reef tank requires more than fish pellets or flakes. Here's a few tips for maintaining a thriving marine environment.

Despite its appearance, fire coral (Millepora spp.) is not a "true" stony coral, but it is a hardy and beautiful animal appropriate for many tropical marine reef tanks.

Horn coral is a boldly colored animal with dramatic growth forms that is relatively simple to keep in a tropical saltwater aquarium.

A fine handed out in NZ to a visiting yachtie, accused of dumping raw sewage, has highlighted a problem. Boats discharging sewage close to land can create major issues.

Sea animals come in many shapes and sizes, most of them unfamiliar.

The Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, one of the largest fish in the ocean, may only be seen in pictures and museums in the near future.

Is the Loch Ness monster a type of plesiosaur?