A reef of glass sponges, creating a deep-sea oasis 650 feet below the surface, was discovered for the first time in U.S. waters off the Washington coast. The sponges are so rich with marine life ...

Coral reef ecologist Niklas Kornder of the University of Amsterdam led the study published in the journal Current Biology on Wednesday. The paper took a deep dive into why sponges sneeze.

Hidden Sponges Determine Coral Reef's Nutrient Cycle. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2005 / 09 / 050917085649.htm. ... Genomic Time Machine in Sea Sponges.

A species of sea sponge found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean has evolved to have a creative survival strategy. The sea sponge is called Theonella conica, and like all other sponges, it filters the ...

Sea Sponges: Nature’s ... At least two such potentially protective bacteria have been isolated from Theonella swinhoei, a sponge found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

According to the analysis, invading sponges can erode coral reefs faster than rising CO2 concentrations. As numerous studies have detailed, ...

Voracious Sponges In Underwater Caves Save Reefs Date: January 13, 2009 Source: NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) Summary: Tropical oceans are known as the deserts of the sea.

Sea sponges are benthic organisms that reside on the sea floor, fixed in one place. Known for their presence on coral reefs, these animals also can be found from the shallow to the deep waters of the ...

Coral reefs are demolished from within, by bio-eroding sponges. Seeking refuge from predators, these sponges bore tunnels into the carbonate coral structures, thus weakening the reefs. Scientists ...

In fact, the sponge produces more chemical compounds than any other life around the coral reef system. For the most part, these chemicals are used to destroy many other forms of life that may try ...

Fossils found in rugged mountainous terrain in Canada's Northwest Territories may give a glimpse at the humble dawn of animal life on Earth - sea sponges that inhabited primordial reefs built by ...