Even though the Mediterranean Sea is the most explored sea on Earth, a study by Julio A. Díaz and colleagues, published in PeerJ, reveals the presence of new sponge species and new records in ...

The sea sponge is called Theonella conica, and like all other sponges, it filters the seawater around them to absorb the nutrients. Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel have found that ...

Deep beneath the ice-encrusted Arctic seas near the North Pole, atop an inactive deep-sea volcano, a community of sea sponges has survived for centuries by eating the fossils of ancient extinct worms.