You can pick up a synthetic sponge for just a few dollars. But a natural sea sponge, hand-harvested from the Mediterranean seafloor, could set you back $30. Harvesting these sponges is dangerous ...

Queensland Museum scientists have discovered six previously unknown carnivorous deep-sea sponges using a remotely ... The uniquely shaped sponges prey on small creatures, such as crustaceans ...

Although marine sponges are widespread in the oceans, their biodiversity and distribution is still poorly known. Even though the Mediterranean Sea is the ... of its cup-shape; or Geodia matrix ...