The first animal to appear on Earth was probably the humble sea sponge, American scientists believe. According to researchers at the world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sea ...

Do you know what the longest-living animal on the planet is? The answer may just surprise you! Here's more about this unique, ...

Take a sea sponge called Theonella conica.This unassuming animal can be found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, doing what ...

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 and fish.

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 a ...

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 ...

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, but a new study suggests they weren't animals at all. The story begins with Smithsonian Institute paleontologist Charles ...

Scientists found plant-covered sea animal “burrowing” in French Polynesia reef and discovered new species: Quinn’s horny sponge, study said.

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 ...

Transparent sea cucumbers, bowl-shaped sponges, and pink sea pigs are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

Sea Sponges Sneeze Snot on the Seafloor to Get the Gunk Out The slo-mo sneezes, ... This action not only helps the sponge it also provides food for other ocean animals.