The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Sea sponges are one such creature, and they come in many shapes and sizes. As surprising as it seems, one particular variety of sea sponge, called a glass sponge, shares something in common with ...

Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang ...

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, a submersible robot explored an underwater mountain off the coast of Japan. A “flower”-like sea creature caught the attention of scientists watching ...

The carnivorous harp sponge uses velcro-like hooks on its branching limbs to snare tiny crustaceans, which it then digests ...

The sea sponge is called Theonella conica ... Symbionts are organisms that live together in a larger organism called a host, and both parties benefit from the living situation.

Living inside the sponge, the worm is provided with protection from other deep-sea-dwelling predators. But the sponge may benefit too ... There is a sponge that allows a polychaete to live in a furrow ...

The bristle worms live within the tubes of the glass coral ... were found exclusively “living in association with deep-sea glass sponges on seamounts in the northwest Pacific,” so far ...

All those sea sponges that live in deep oceans have a secret: their light lattice-like forms are astonishingly stiff and strong. Inspired by these fascinating creatures, researchers at Australia's ...

Marine biologist Dr Chris Gillies discusses the world-first project to revive marine life by creating novel sea sponge nurseries on the Apollo Bay's sea-floor. Photo shows New Year's Weather ...