"The rock, with all the grooves, will attract plankton, baby sponges and baby corals, [and] the hard surface creates the reef and colonises the sea bed," Dr Gillies said. The rubble is also ...

A marine park in Australia is trying out a new way to help protect sea sponges. Marine biologist Dr Chris Gillies and his team from Offshore Biotechnologies are dropping 120 tonnes of rubble and ...

Seen up close, each polyp has a tube-like body and an opening ringed with dozens of “transparent” tentacles. These ...

Photo shared by Alfredo Rosales Francisca’s cluster anemones were found growing over sea sponges or “directly ... size, internal anatomy and other subtle physical features, the study ...

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 ...

Inspired by nature Researchers from Harbin Institute of Technology designed a vortex-anchored filter based on the structure of the deep-sea glass sponge known as Venus’ flower basket. (Courtesy: NOAA ...

What looks like a spider but isn’t one, lives underwater and breathes through its legs? That would be the mysterious sea ...

Francisca’s cluster anemones were found growing over sea sponges or “directly” on ... size, internal anatomy and other subtle physical features, the study said. A Parazoanthus franciscae, ...