The species were found exclusively “living in association with deep-sea glass sponges on seamounts in the northwest Pacific,” so far, according to the study. The animals were found at a depth around 3 ...

Scientists predict that sponges—among the most basic animals—arose a few hundred million years before the occurrence of the oldest confirmed fossil specimens, which date to about 500 million years ago ...

The carnivorous harp sponge uses velcro-like hooks on its branching limbs to snare tiny crustaceans, which it then digests ...

There are over 9,000 described species of sponge (Porifera) living in the ocean, from the intertidal zone all the way down to the abyss. These animals have long been providing for their underwater ...

Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and the key role they play in sustaining coral reef ecosystems, marine sponges are vastly understudied. Kāne'ohe Bay, where HIMB is ...

tubular structure of glass sponges.” When researchers opened the worm’s stomach, they found pieces of stalked barnacles and the arm spines from brittle stars, likely constituting the animal ...