By Rohan Chakravarty Despite the Caribbean Sea witnessing some of the worst episodes of mass coral bleaching over the last ...

The name SpongeBob SquarePants says it all. He's a sponge, and he wears square pants. His creator, 42-year-old Steve Hillenburg, is not a sponge, and he does not wear square pants. And that's where… ...

A video of a marine biologist's close bond with a shark is currently going viral. However, one fact is making many users ...

My friend Roxanne Beinart studies deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems---work that sometimes takes her out to sea for weeks at a time. When on land, Roxanne and her young daughter love watching the ...

The most beloved cartoon sponge of a generation spent most of his life in a pineapple under the sea, but he was born in a marine biology institute in Dana Point, Calif., in 1989. He was just Bob ...

The yellow sponge that this generation has come to know and love had an interesting beginning. The “SpongeBob SquarePants” franchise was created by Stephen Hillenburg, a marine biologist who ...

Marine Biologist’s Underwater Photo Of Sea Sponge And Starfish ... a bright yellow sea sponge and pink starfish next to each other on the ocean floor that reminded him of the Nickelodeon cartoon.

Marine Biology Before becoming a cartoonist, Hillenburg taught marine biology at what is now the Ocean Institute in California. This experience led to some of his cartoon creations for "SpongeBob ...

Marine biologists study marine life, from the smallest, single-celled organisms to the largest mammal on the planet, the blue whale. These professionals explore diverse ecosystems, from coastal ...

Stephen Hillenburg: marine biologist who created SpongeBob SquarePants. His fascination with what goes on beneath the sea led him first to academia and then the bright lights of children’s TV ...