Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

In a hilarious coincidence, a sea star and a sea sponge resembling Patrick and SpongeBob were found! Read here to learn more.

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising ...

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

In this video, I explain what happens when a luffa sponge goes to seed and how to easily grow and make your own luffa sponge.

Lava rubble at the bottom of the sea is acting like a giant "sponge" for carbon dioxide, ancient cores reveal. Ancient lava ...

A team from The Nippon Foundation’s Nekton Ocean Census worked with Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ship Falkor to reach far beneath Antarctic waters, where they found/discovered and recovered, with the ...

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The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

Rising sea temperatures brought on by pollution are decimating the rich marine life in the waters off the popular tourist ...

SpongeBob SquarePants and Luke Skywalker! Say no more. Just take my money. One of Hollywood’s most enduring sea sponges is ...