A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising deep-sea behaviour and hidden marine biodiversity.
On a sunny morning in August 2021, Dr. Thomas Turner plunged into the water at the Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve off California’s Central Coast. He found himself surrounded by steep granite ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology (HIMB) have uncovered 10 new species of marine sponges in Kaneohe Bay. The groundbreaking ...
Scientists found a “massive” animal in an underwater tunnel in Vietnam and discovered new species, the study said. Photo shows Ha Long Bay. Photo from Lewis J Goetz via Unsplash Below the blue-green ...
ABSTRACT: We compared the species composition, abundance, and cover of sponges in 2 marine lakes (Kakaban Lake and Haji Buang Lake) and adjacent coastal mangroves on the islands of Kakaban and Maratua ...
The diversity of the culturable microbial communities was examined in two sponge species-Pseudoceratina clavata and Rhabdastrella globostellata. Isolates were characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing ...
Ten new species of sponge have been discovered off Hawaii. Researchers identified the new species of marine sponge using a technique that looks at both genes and structural characteristics. They say ...