Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang ...

Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly ...

The sea sponge is called Theonella conica, and like all other sponges, it filters the seawater around them to absorb the nutrients. Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel have found that ...

Sponges can grow very slowly ... including corals, icefish, giant sea spiders, and octopus. The discovery offers new insights into ecosystem functioning beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ...

The team at RMIT found that when you combine lattices in a structure similar to a deep-sea sponge, your material of choice can absorb more energy and handle more stress before deforming. Using the ...

The developers were inspired to create this material by complex structure the skeleton of a deep-sea Pacific sponge known for its elasticity. The double lattice structure of the material imitates the ...

In order to save the planet for future habitability, humans need to curtail emissions immediately—after all, the sea sponges are telling us so. Life’s Common Ancestor Lived 4.2 Billion Years Ago ...

IIT Kanpur's Materials Science and Engineering Department has developed a groundbreaking haemostatic sponge made from ...