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 ...

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

Australian scientists believe sea sponges could be the key to protecting ocean ecosystems from the effects of global warming.

Monorhaphis chuni is a deep-sea sponge that creates giant basal spicules (GBS) that can reach up to 3 meters in length and 10 millimeters in diameter. These spicules are the largest biogenic ...

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

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 ...

But instead it allows this species to burrow into its body. Living inside the sponge, the worm is provided with protection from other deep-sea-dwelling predators. But the sponge may benefit too, ...