When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other ...
Deep beneath the ocean surface, where sunlight never reaches and food is scarce, vast gardens of deep-sea sponges are quietly ...
A University of Sydney study reveals that sponge-dwelling bacteria break down toxic ammonia and dead algae to sustain life in the abyss.
Deep under the sea lies a creature that sort of looks like a ghostly tulip. The glass rope sponge has a cup-shaped, filter-feeding top and a thin anemone-covered stem tethering it to the ground. One ...
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A NEW ghost shark and a carnivorous “death ball” sponge are just two of the over 1,100 new species discovered in the deep sea ...
A new study found evidence in timelapse videos that sea sponges — like humans — sneeze to get rid of mucus and other waste . Sea sponges are underwater creatures with canal systems that suck water in, ...
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The next time you spot a sea sponge, say “gesundheit!” Some sponges regularly “sneeze” to clear debris from their porous bodies. It’s “like someone with a runny nose,” says team member Sally Leys, an ...
SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish best friend, Patrick Star, aren’t such cartoonish creatures after all. According to an image taken by a marine biologist doing remote deep-sea exploration this ...