Yes, a sponge. Or more specifically, a sea sponge. Sea sponges, a kind of aquatic animal found in oceans and some lakes, may look blobbish. They may live in the shadows of more picturesque corals ...

A team of international scientists recently returned from a 35-day expedition to explore the waters of the South Sandwich ...

Close-up of a female stolon–one of the independent reproductive units–from the worm Ramisyllis kingghidorahi. It has already ...

Belinda the sea sponge has a lot going on for an animal that can't go anywhere. Canadian researchers have used four years of time-lapse footage from the sea floor of British Columbia to paint ...

Humans may count themselves lucky to reach 100, but some creatures have lifespans that make centuries look like a weekend. In ...

However, a new study shows how one aquatic animal, in its own little way, sneezes to get rid of junk that clogs up their internal filter system—sea sponges. Sea sponges are some of the oldest ...

Deep, deep in geologic time, some 600 million or 700 million years ago, the very first animals evolved on Earth. Their closest relatives that still live today include sponges, sea anemones and ...

You might be tempted to say “gesundheit,” but the sea creature’s snot helps feed ... and dates back to some of the first multicellular animals: sponges. The sponge has been around for ...

B eneath the ocean's surface, simple marine animals called sea sponges grow delicate glass skeletons that are as intricate as they are strong. These natural structures are made of a material ...

Scientists have long thought the humble sea sponge, an animal that feeds by filtering water through itself, forms the oldest group of animals on earth. But a new study claims that the comb jelly ...

Scientists have interpreted Brooksella as various kinds of sea animals ... puffed pastry that is unusual for soft-squishy animals like a sponge," said University of Georgia paleontologist Sally ...