While they didn't live in a pineapple under the Phosphoria Sea, it turns out a good chunk of the prehistoric Intermountain ...

The MARBLES team is excited to share a new breakthrough from the project! The study led by the University of Aberdeen and ...

A standout discovery was this new predatory sponge. Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey.

Yale chemists have synthesized a complex, potentially cancer-fighting molecule found in sea sponges discovered off the coast of South Korea. The ...

Yale chemists have synthesized a complex, potentially cancer-fighting molecule found in sea sponges discovered off the coast of South Korea.The work ...

A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge has been declared one of the oddest finds made during a deep-sea expedition near Antarctica ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Scientists observed the spherical body, covered with hooks that trapped small animals, a feeding strategy unlike the passive ...

Scientists discover a new marine sponge, Cladocroce pansinii, in a cave in Ha Long Bay, revealing hidden secrets of biodiversity.

There's always a lot going on in the deep ocean, but anyone who had “carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge” on their bingo card for 2025 deserves to win the prize. It's one of 30 new species discovered by ...