A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first animals were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. The discovery relies on ...

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Marine biologists have discovered a dozen new species of sea sponges at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off California. Thomas Turner They were practically hiding in plain sight. Marine ...

Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil record. The discovery sheds new light on a conundrum that has stumped zoologists and paleontologists for ...

Most sea sponges are simple, yet ancient, animals that live in coral reef ecosystems. They feed by passively filtering ocean water, taking in microscopic debris such as bacteria, plankton, and other ...

It was the first known observation of a shark species living inside a sponge. The paper, "Sharks checking in to the sponge hotel: first internal use of sponges of the genus Agelas and family ...

Secondly, they investigated the evolution of sponge skeletons, revealing that spicules evolved independently in different sponge groups. Dr. Rossi, Honorary Research Associate, said, "Our results show ...

If temperature-tracking sea sponges are to be trusted, climate change has progressed much further than scientists have estimated. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...