A gelatinous mass with bluish reflections, on the sand of a beach in Miyagi Prefecture (Japan): this is what caught the trained eye of a biologist during an ordinary walk. This encounter ...

A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...

Earth's vast oceanic biodiversity remains largely unexplored, with only a fraction of an estimated two million total living marine species formally named and described. A significant challenge is the ...