SINGAPORE – Carnivorous sponges and a worm smaller than a paperclip that could potentially treat neurodegenerative diseases are among the more than 1,100 species that were uncovered as part of a ...

The Ocean Census project says scientists have discovered 1,121 previously unknown species in a single year. The rush is on to save them as risks to the world’s oceans multiply ...

A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...

Sponges in coral reefs, less flashy than their coral neighbors but important to the overall health of reefs, are among the earliest animals on the planet. New research examines coral reef ecosystems ...

Scientists have discovered 1,121 new ocean species in a single year, including a ghost shark, a carnivorous death ball sponge ...