A remarkable deep-sea sponge has inspired researchers to develop a new generation of lightweight materials that are both ...

About 500 metres below the surface, fragile glass sponges have survived for years while illustrating an engineering challenge ...

Along the vast ocean floor lives a species of glass sponge known as Venus' flower basket. Though delicate-looking, its ...

The Venus flower basket sponge, with its delicate glass-like lattice outer skeleton, has long intrigued researchers seeking to explain how this fragile-seeming creature's body can withstand the harsh ...

A new study found evidence in timelapse videos that sea sponges — like humans — sneeze to get rid of mucus and other waste . Sea sponges are underwater creatures with canal systems that suck water in, ...

The Venus's flower basket sponge could inspire the buildings, bridges and even aircraft of tomorrow, thanks to its performance under pressure and ability to go with the flow—literally. Imagine you're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare chemical indicator suggests sponges may have arrived as the first animals on Earth. A sterol core is primarily composed of ...

If temperature-tracking sea sponges are to be trusted, climate change has progressed much further than scientists have estimated. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

A deep-sea expedition uncovered a number of strange species, including a strange sponge that isn't quite the passive ...

When picturing the earliest animals on Earth, most people imagine ancient fish or tiny marine creatures drifting through prehistoric seas. But new research has revealed a far more humble origin story ...

Researchers from the SponGES project collected year-round video footage and hydrodynamic data from the mysterious world of a deep-sea sponge ground in the Arctic. For the first time, researchers from ...