Deep in the ocean, sea sponges grow beautiful, glass-like skeletons that are both strong and light. These structures are made ...

You can pick up a synthetic sponge for just a few dollars. But a natural sea sponge, hand-harvested from the Mediterranean seafloor, could set you back $30. Harvesting these sponges is dangerous ...

Sea sponges are one such creature, and they come in many shapes and sizes. As surprising as it seems, one particular variety of sea sponge, called a glass sponge, shares something in common with ...

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, a submersible robot explored an underwater mountain off the coast of Japan. A “flower”-like sea creature caught the attention of scientists watching ...

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

Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly discovered species, glass sponges provide both a home and a hunting ground.

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Scientists at the University Western Australia Oceans Institute studied long-lived Caribbean sclerosponges and created an ocean temperature ... after all, the sea sponges are telling us so.

But one question remained: What were the sponges eating? On many deep-sea mountains, ocean currents carry nutrients that rain down on the mountaintop and feed the organisms living there.

Recent discoveries have identified 866 new marine species, including sharks, lobsters, corals, and deep-sea sponges, as part of a significant global initiative aimed at enhancing ocean exploration.

Researchers were in a remote region of the Bellingshausen Sea on a different expedition when the iceberg calved, giving them a chance to change course and explore a region never before accessible to ...