Bhubaneswar: A scientist from the ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), regional station, Cuttack, discovered a new taxonomic varie.

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

The discovery could have major implications for environmental monitoring and restoration strategies across India’s heavily ...

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 ...

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

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

Megan Russell, a doctoral student at FAU, holds a Spongia graminea, one of the bath sponges known as the “glove sponge” by fishermen. FAU/Contributed Florida Bay is a shallow body of water between the ...

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Ten new species of sponge have been discovered off Hawaii. Researchers identified the new species of marine sponge using a technique that looks at both genes and structural characteristics. They say ...