"The rock, with all the grooves, will attract plankton, baby sponges and baby corals, [and] the hard surface creates the reef and colonises the sea bed," Dr Gillies said. The rubble is also ...

Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and the key role they play in sustaining coral reef ecosystems, marine sponges are vastly understudied. Kāne'ohe Bay, where HIMB is ...

99.And finally, these three people who got dealt the same poker hand (and showing with notes that the odds of that happening ...

Total wave height, also known as significant wave height, describes the combined height of the sea and the swell that mariners experience on open waters. The Bureau provides model forecasts of total ...

Sweden’s gastronomy is wide-ranging, reflecting its large north-to-south expanse and four distinct seasons. From savory ...

The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League round of 16, quarter-final and semi-final draw took place on 21 February. The eight winners of the two-legged knockout phase play-offs joined the top eight sides ...

51.And finally, I'll end on the eternal partner problem: there is always one bed-hogging partner who thinks this is plenty of space. It has become an epidemic. Non bed-hoggers, we ride at dawn.

But scientists warn that the world's sea ice – the frozen ocean water at the North and South Poles – has plunged to a record low. Shocking maps reveal how both the poles are missing ...

Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku by the Japanese and the Diaoyu by the Chinese.

Friday's draw will decide who the seeded teams - the ones who finished first to eighth in the league phase - will face in the last 16 and which half of the draw they go into. You can watch the ...