Colorful organisms collect on autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS). Stelletta hokuwanawana is among the 10 species of newly discovered marine sponge. Credit: Rachel Nunley, Kaloko-Honokōhau ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology (HIMB) have uncovered 10 new species of marine sponges in Kaneohe Bay. The ...

Sponges host dense and diverse communities of microbes (known as the microbiome) beneficial for the host nutrition and defense. Symbionts in turn receive shelter and metabolites from the sponge host, ...

Potential transoceanic dispersal of Geodia cf. papyracea and six new tetractinellid sponge species descriptions within the Hawaiian reef cryptofauna. PeerJ , 2025; 13: e18903 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.18903 ...

A Chicago-area hospital is being sued by a former patient after he claimed that the surgeon who operated on him left a sponge in his neck, requiring another surgery and delaying his cancer treatment.

We use them to clean the dishes we eat off, but your kitchen sponge is a damp, crumb-filled environment that is perfect for bacteria to thrive in. Should you opt for a washing up brush instead?

Five doctors have been found guilty of medical negligence after Kheelawati Shankar died from septicemia due to a surgical sponge being left inside her abdomen during a hysterectomy. The ...

We use them to clean the dishes we eat off, but your kitchen sponge is a damp, crumb-filled environment that is perfect for bacteria to thrive in. Should you opt for a washing up brush instead? Many ...

In a series of newly published groundbreaking studies, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology identified ten new species of marine sponges found ...

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 17: A massive fire broke out this evening at a sponge factory in the Subhan industrial area, covering an area of 2,000 square meters. Firefighting teams are still working to contain ...