"A little sponge, it takes a very short time to sneeze. Well, 10 minutes, 20 minutes. But this sponge, it takes about a day," ...

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Rising sea levels are creating problems for coastal communities. Some are building sea walls to try to hold back the sea, but ...

Explore vibrant seamount ecosystems, home to over 100 newly discovered marine species and vital to ocean health.

“If you put dirt onto the sponge … it’s an irritant to the system, and it has to get rid of it, so it wraps it up in mucus, ...

From red urchins to orange sea cucumbers, researchers monitoring the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica are surprised ...

A new UVIC-led study is shedding light on the surprising resilience of a sea sponge observed off the B.C. coast that has been ...

Located 16 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Civil War shipwreck, USS Monitor, is protected and ...

Chitin is also found in other marine animals, such as crabs, lobsters, and shrimp. Should the researchers in Wuhan find a way to supplement their sponge-making resources with chitin from these ...

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been spotted pouring bottles of Fanta into the river for the marine gods.

As a former restaurant chef, current recipe developer, and onetime dishwasher (I did all the dishes for the food truck I operated for seven years), I am constantly seeking the perfect sponge.