In the depths of the ocean, a creature called the Monorhaphis chuni sponge is challenging our understanding of longevity.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel have found that the seemingly ordinary sea sponge contains high amounts of a ...

Until recently there was scientific consensus that sponges were the first animals to branch off the “Animal Tree of Life,” a kind of family tree for all living and extinct animals on earth.

Scientists found a freckled sea creature with “canine-like” teeth on giant barrel sponges in Indonesia and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In the crystalline ...

It can be a brutal world out there, and the vulnerable sometimes have to turn to creative solutions to ensure their survival.

A lot of studies have been conducted on sponge species that live in shallow water, but scientists are intrigued as to the potential of the animals that live in the deep sea. 'We have very few studies ...

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 ...

These slugs of the sea are soft-bodied. To protect themselves they resort to chemical warfare. Nudibranchs eat sponges and recycle the poisonous chemicals the sponges contain, using them within their ...

New research has unravelled the mystery of why sea sponges die when the water gets too warm. The cause of death appears to be the sudden loss of microbes that usually act to detoxify sponge tissue.