The sponge and starfish were found a mile deep into the sea and 200 miles off the Atlantic coast as part of a regular Okeanos Explorer trip to document an area of the ocean near New England.

Deep-sea mining for electric-car and clean-energy metals threatens the world’s untapped underwater pharmacies.

First, there was the simple argument that SpongeBob has to be a sea sponge because he breathes underwater. Sea sponges are defined as multi-cellular living organisms, and their scientific ...

A new study found evidence in timelapse videos that sea sponges — like humans — sneeze to get rid of mucus and other waste . Sea sponges are underwater creatures with canal systems that suck ...

Hungry sea sponges feast on fossils atop an extinct underwater volcano. In the Arctic Ocean, scientists have discovered a thriving ecosystem where food appeared to be nearly nonexistent.

SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish best friend, Patrick Star, aren’t such cartoonish creatures after all. According to an image taken by a marine biologist doing remote deep-sea exploration ...