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 ...

Your browser does not support the video element. Sea sponges, among the oldest creatures in existence, let out what looks like a deep sea "sneeze" to filter out waste ...

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.

By Alex Fox Photograph by Shane Gross Though they feed along coral reefs, hawksbills return to the beach to nest ... silica that form the skeletons of sea sponges, a mainstay of the hawksbills ...

Sponge of the species Hyalonema obtusum in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Amphipods and cnidarians grow on the stalk of the sponge, while a sea cucumber sits at its foot.

A marine park in Australia is trying out a new way to help protect sea sponges. Marine biologist Dr Chris Gillies and his team from Offshore Biotechnologies are dropping 120 tonnes of rubble and ...

Researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have found microplastics in New Zealand sea sponges. Master of Marine Conservation graduate Rachel Parry and Professor James Bell ...