The deep sea has many new discoveries waiting for us, including a newly discovered species called the "death ball" sponge.

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

Almost all sponges live in the sea, “and they’re the kind that people know about”, as University of Otago palaeontologist ...

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

A new carnivore shaped like a candelabra has been spotted in deep ocean waters off California's Monterey Bay. The meat-eating species was dubbed the "harp sponge," so-called because its structure ...