Collections came from shallow underwater caves to deep-sea fishing grounds and underwater mountains (seamounts), descending to depths of up to 1,000 meters. With Docent Paco Cárdenas, sponge ...

Deakin University researchers have joined scientists from SeaGen Aquaculture and Gippsland-based biotech company Offshore Biotechnologies to undertake ...

A Boston University led team of scientists analyzed a Pacific Ocean seamount that is teeming with biologically diverse corals and sea creatures ...

Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong turbulent flow ...

Sponge of the species Hyalonema obtusum with anemones attached to its stalk. The sponge itself is attached by the stalk to a polymetallic nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

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 ...

One significant study explored the biodiversity and environmental drivers of deep-sea sponge microbiomes, revealing that these microbial communities are less complex but more heterogeneous than ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures clinging to their sides. Unlike mountains on land that dare climbers and ...

Deep in the ocean there are two animals living in unexpected harmony. A small species of scale worm chooses to make its home inside a carnivorous sponge. The sponge could eat the worm, but it doesn't ...