Zoantharians are marine invertebrates related to other better-known cnidarians such as jellyfish, sea anemones and corals.

Beneath the ocean's surface, simple marine animals called sea sponges grow delicate glass skeletons that are as intricate as ...

With proper testing at a commercial or industrial scale, they estimate the sponges could become products within a couple of ...

Microplastics are everywhere. They have been found on the peak of Mount Everest and in creatures inhabiting the deepest ...

It can be tricky to see sponges as animals, stationary and plant-like as they are, but they represent some of the ...

The first unicellular organisms drifted into the sea. Then ... from the common ancestor of all living animals. All other animals, including sponges, evolved later, after the fusion of these ...

Longest-living animals have built amazing traits to slow, halt, or even reverse their age. Species like immortal jellyfish ...

There are over 9,000 described species of sponge (Porifera) living in the ocean, from the intertidal zone all the way down to the abyss. These animals have long been providing for their underwater ...

They analyzed six of the long-lived sponges — simple animals that filter water ... and the water matches well with global ocean temperatures, McCulloch and Winter said.

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 ...