The orange keyhole sponge, or Mycale grandis, crowds coral on the reef in Kaneohe Bay. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log ...

In the cold, dark depths of the Arctic Ocean, a feast of the dead is under way. A vast community of sponges, the densest group of these animals found in the Arctic, is consuming the remains of an ...

Research revealed a unique feeding strategy of a marine sponge, wherein the sponge animal acquires important components of its diet from symbiotic bacteria living within the sponge. Research conducted ...

Researchers from UH Manoa released a study of the Indo-Australian sponge, an invasive species that has been documented in Hawaii’s coral reefs since the late 1990’s. The study found that the sponges ...

Scientists from Bremerhaven, Bremen and Kiel discovered a surprisingly rich and densely populated ecosystem on the peaks of extinct underwater volcanoes in the Arctic deep sea. These were dominated by ...

Stretching for nearly 80 miles across the seafloor of the central Arctic, the Langseth Ridge is craggy, barren, and generally inhospitable. And it should be: Unlike more productive oceans, few ...

Warming ocean temperatures and acidification drastically reduce the skeletal strength and filter-feeding capacity of glass sponges, according to new research. The findings indicate that ongoing ...