A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

The sponge's branching limbs are covered in tiny, barbed hooks, which act like Velcro to capture passing prey, mainly copepods and other small crustaceans ...

The species were found exclusively “living in association with deep-sea glass sponges on seamounts in the northwest Pacific,” ...

Researchers in Hawaii used structures that mimic coral reefs to study aquatic life — and they found four new species. The new species are all types of sponges, “grubby little” creatures that are often ...

Most of the animals that endure the intense pressure and lack of sunlight are, well, downright strange. Sea sponges are one such creature, and they come in many shapes and sizes. As surprising as ...

These slugs of the sea are soft-bodied. To protect themselves they resort to chemical warfare. Nudibranchs eat sponges and recycle the poisonous chemicals the sponges contain, using them within their ...