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

Deep-sea creature — waiting in ‘glass sponges’ to ambush — is new species in Pacific By Irene Wright. March 7, 2025 5:45 PM. Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature ...

In fact, sneezing doesn’t even require a nervous system, let alone a nose, and dates back to some of the first multicellular animals: sponges. The sponge has been around for at least 600 million ...

Deep-sea creature — waiting in ‘glass sponges’ to ambush — is new species in Pacific By Irene Wright. March 7, 2025 2:45 PM. Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature ...

Sea sponges were the first animals on Earth, scientists discover. Sea sponges are believed to have first appeared 640 million years ago. Doug Bolton. Tuesday 23 February 2016 17:29 GMT.

Deep-sea creature — waiting in ‘glass sponges’ to ambush — is new species in Pacific By Irene Wright. March 7, 2025 4:45 PM. Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature ...

Sea sponges “sneeze” in slow motion to get rid of the sand and pollutants that they suck into their bodies, and the expelled mucus may be an important food source for other marine organisms.

Scientists found “massive” plant-covered sea animals at South Pacific reef and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative island in French Polynesia. Photo from Gabor ...

Nestled into a sandy reef in the South Pacific Ocean sat a “massive” sea creature. The plant-covered animal caught the attention of scuba diving scientists. It turned out to be a new species ...

Scientists found a freckled sea creature with “canine-like” teeth on giant barrel sponges in Indonesia and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In the crystalline ...

Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang D (2025) ZooKeys The underwater mountains of the northwest Pacific are ...