Recent underwater footage and field surveys have exposed the devastating impact of South Australia's persistent harmful algal bloom, as scientists report widespread reef damage and mass mortality of ...

In the study, researchers showed that sponges can “sneeze” out large particles for fishes to eat and siphon nutrients up the food chain. The findings, the authors say, add another layer of complexity ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Though sponges are traditionally described as being entirely sessile - remaining in one place for their entire lives - scientists studying ...

video: This video shows sponge spicule trails on the seafloor. view more Credit: AWI OFOBS team, PS101 The aquatic animal known as the sponge is often described as entirely sessile: once they've ...

this would imply that sponges had mobile ancestors and greatly simplified their bodies as they adapted to a sessile filter feeding lifestyle. Chancelloriids, sessile, bag-like organisms whose ...

Sponges are thought of as sessile creatures that simply stay in one place Video evidence shows trails of spicules leading to living sponges This suggests that sponges ...

In a nutshell Cruise ship anchors are causing visible and long-lasting damage to Antarctica’s fragile seafloor ecosystems, ...

Sponges make up a large part of the sessile community in the cave and emit chemicals that help mysids find their way home. Image courtesy of Thierry Pérez (CC BY SA 2.0). To test this hypothesis ...