The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Sea sponges are one such creature, and they come in many shapes and sizes. As surprising as it seems, one particular variety of sea sponge, called a glass sponge, shares something in common with ...

Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...

All those sea sponges that live in deep oceans have a secret: their light lattice-like forms are astonishingly stiff and strong. Inspired by these fascinating creatures, researchers at Australia's ...

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, a submersible robot explored an underwater mountain off the coast of Japan. A “flower”-like sea creature caught the attention of scientists watching ...

The carnivorous harp sponge uses velcro-like hooks on its branching limbs to snare tiny crustaceans, which it then digests ...

Living inside the sponge, the worm is provided with protection from other deep-sea-dwelling predators ... There is a sponge that allows a polychaete to live in a furrow that it creates. This type of ...

A yellow sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants, who enjoys being a cook at Krusty Krab, lives in the Pacific Ocean. He embarks on various adventures with his friends at Bikini Bottom.

The bristle worms live within the tubes of the glass coral ... were found exclusively “living in association with deep-sea glass sponges on seamounts in the northwest Pacific,” so far ...