Researchers identified the new species of marine sponge using a technique that looks at both genes and structural ...

Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...

After decades of research on this patch reef, we have yet to reach a full understanding of its sponge biodiversity." As the ocean changes and coral reefs face unprecedented threats, it is critical ...

The sea slugs can also concentrate the sponge toxins to foil their own predators ... crunching and pulverizing chunks of algae-coated coral. They digest the algae and excrete the coral as ...

Over millions of years of turf wars, sponges that evolved anti-sponge toxins ... typically swim in pairs near a particular clump of coral. If threatened, they expertly wedge themselves between ...

In the dark of the deep ocean floor, where sunlight seldom reaches, sponge gardens flourish in spectacular colours and formations. These plant-like organisms attached to rocky shelves are ...