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 ...

A team of scientists from the University of Rochester, along with collaborators from other institutions, has created bioengineered microlenses inspired by the natural properties of sea sponge glass ...

Glowing red lobsters, octopus gardens, towering tree-like corals and glass sponges that are thousands of years old make up ...

"Finding the sponge and analyzing its composition, I discovered that it contained more molybdenum than any other organism on ...

Beneath the ocean's surface, simple marine animals called sea sponges grow delicate glass skeletons that are as intricate as they are strong. These natural structures are made of a material called ...

Even though the Mediterranean Sea is the most explored sea on Earth, a study by Julio A. Díaz and colleagues, published in PeerJ, reveals the presence of new sponge species and new records in ...

The new sponge species was identified in Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone in 2011 A "unique" purple sea sponge has been named by a nine-year-old girl, a decade after it was first ...

SINGAPORE - An islandwide hunt for a rare giant sea sponge in Singapore waters will start in the first quarter of 2023 to take stock of the critically endangered species. This search for the ...