A lthough marine sponges are widespread in the oceans, their biodiversity and distribution is still poorly known. Even though ...

A mass bleaching of more than 50 million sponges along 1000 kilometres of Fiordland coastline was the largest ever recorded globally - and the most devastating, with tens of millions of sponges ...

Marine heat waves caused by the warming climate are capable of sparking rapid changes in sea sponges with scientists describing the pace of change as "evolution at super speed." Sponges are ...

The surprising discovery of a bacterium in a marine sponge from the Great Barrier Reef with striking similarity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis (TB), could ...

The researchers explain that sponges are the earliest multicellular organisms known to science. They live in marine environments and play an important role in the earth's carbon, nitrogen ...

Virtually all multicellular organisms on Earth live in symbiotic associations with very large and complex microbial communities known as microbiomes. New research has just been published aimed at ...

Mysid shrimp, often called possum shrimp due to the pouches females use to carry their larvae, are known for their homing ...

A recent analysis suggests the design of some birds’ nests varies because of culture, rather than genetics or environmental ...

The World Bank's white paper Understanding the Role of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Carbon Sequestration emphasizes the role ...

Jeunen, GJ, Lamare, M, Devine, J, Mariani, S, Mills, S, Treece, J, Ferreira, S and Gemmell, NJ (2023) Characterizing ...

The wall's surface has an abundance of marine life, including soft and hard corals, sponges and sea fans, and it's common to spot schools of colorful fish, stingrays, turtles and sharks.