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 ...

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 ...

In marine environments, sponges tend to eat other organisms to get their nutrients, but they can also use photosynthesis, in ...

A sponge stands tall on a reef off Palau. Sponges don’t have many kinds of cells, but the ones they do have are a model of teamwork. Besides skeletal cells, feeding cells and pumping cells, unemployed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research conducted at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) on a marine sponge in Kāneʻohe Bay, O'ahu revealed a unique feeding strategy, ...