A rare chemical indicator suggests sponges may have arrived as the first animals on Earth. A sterol core is primarily composed of four fused carbon rings, along with carbon side chains and other ...

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 ...

There aren't many creatures as safe and chill as the humble sea sponge, right? Well, not so fast! It turns out there's a ...

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous system by studying the genome of a sea sponge, a member of a ...

Last year, orcas sashayed into the world of fashion with dead salmon hats. Now, dolphins are wowing us with flamboyant sea sponge fascinators. Images of the odd invertebrate-wearing behavior were ...

A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first animals were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. The discovery relies on ...

Australian sea lions wearing video cameras showed scientists a whole new world on the ocean floor. The footage revealed surprisingly diverse habitats like sponge gardens, coral reefs, and kelp reefs.

The deep-sea Venus flower basket sponge can filter feed using only the faint ambient currents of the ocean depths, no pumping required, new research reveals. This discovery of natural 'zero energy' ...

Biological systems are renowned for their ability to create strong yet resilient structures. A sea sponge, for instance, grows in layers, forming unique patterns that integrate minerals with softer ...

Last year, orcas sashayed into the world of fashion with dead salmon hats. Now, dolphins are wowing us with flamboyant sea sponge fascinators. Images of the odd invertebrate-wearing behavior were ...

(Nanowerk News) The Venus flower basket sponge, with its delicate glass-like lattice outer skeleton, has long intrigued researchers seeking to explain how this fragile-seeming creature’s body can ...