Polarized debates about top-down vs. bottom-up control have given way to more nuanced understanding of control by both resources and consumers in many systems, but coral reef sponges have recently ...

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A new glass sponge species is so strange that has been given the name named Advhena magnifica, which means "magnificent alien ...

Sponges harbor great diversity and an abundance of organisms. Although this community can vary temporally, and between and within sponge species, it is not known how an induced change in ...

The first in situ exploration of deep-sea coral habitat in the central Aleutian Islands in 2002 confirmed expectations that had been based on fishery bycatch and research survey records which indicate ...

A green sponge discovered in 2005 in Southeast Alaska waters has unique properties that could be used to treat certain types of cancer. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hosted a ...

An obscure Alaska sea sponge, unknown to science until about a decade ago, shows promise as a tool to help patients fight pancreatic cancer, a notoriously deadly and hard-to-treat disease, researchers ...

The next time you spot a sea sponge, say “gesundheit!” Some sponges regularly “sneeze” to clear debris from their porous bodies. It’s “like someone with a runny nose,” says team member Sally Leys, an ...

Something with no legs, no feet and no skeleton is crawling around down there, scientists say. By Marion Renault Deep-sea sponges are not known for their mobility. After all, they lack muscles, ...

Beyond metal accumulation, the study found that sponge-associated bacteria are functionally enriched with genes linked to metal ion transport, metal resistance and antimicrobial resistance ...