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 ...

By applying the remarkable properties of sea sponges, the researchers unlock new possibilities for creating sustainable and efficient materials that mimic the natural world. "This research is the ...

If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record ...

In a paper for Science Advances, environmental biotechnologists at Wuhan University write that their sponge "can remove 98.0 ...

A new study conducted by the research team, utilising empirical data from deep-sea fossils extracted from sediment cores spanning 500,000 years, clearly demonstrated that temperature and food ...

However, the exact path of evolution remains unclear, and both sponges and comb jellies are still in the running. Comb jelly, invader to the Black Sea. Image via Depositphotos The search for Earth’s ...

Researchers draw inspiration from nature to create tiny, powerful microlenses for advanced image sensors. Beneath the ocean's surface, simple marine animals called sea sponges grow delicate glass ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 ...

Virginia Tech’s study traces early eukaryotic evolution, highlighting life’s diversification since 2 billion years ago.

Conservation and management of deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems: identification of vulnerable biogenic habitats ... Systematics & evolution: taxonomy, fossil record, molecular phylogenetics, and ...

From animal journeys across oceans to the discovery of dozens of new species in the deep sea, these stories wowed us ...