In the crystalline waters off the coast of Indonesia, an “unusual” freckled creature swam near a large sea sponge. Its bright eyes scanned the surrounding reef and the diver hovering nearby.

Close-up of a female stolon–one of the independent reproductive units–from the worm Ramisyllis kingghidorahi. It has already ...

This very strange side quest showed the police force that the prints were very similar, but not actually close enough to human prints to trick a trained eye—which is likely the case with koalas ...

Glass sponges are found along the deep sea ... Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. → 6-foot-long sea creature — with 'sharp' snout — discovered as new species in Colombia ...

And the narrator of the comic book may look familiar: a sea sponge with sunglasses and a round ... just has every vocal nuance and eye blink and twitch mapped out to the nanosecond in his mind ...

Several Vitrumanthus flosculus, or small flower zoantharians, on a sea sponge. Photo from Kise ... Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. →'Giant' forest creature — kept ...

At first glance, the simple sea sponge is no creature of mystery ... inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, first laid eyes on the fossil five years ago, when a collaborator texted ...

Among the potentially new-to-science marine life are ghostly white sponges and lobsters with beady eyes and barbed legs, in addition to corals, urchins, sea stars and sea lilies. The team explored ...

Sea sponges are more resilient to warmer temperatures ... "The dripping salty water irritated my eyes." However, sponge farming has brought in money and made her smile, she says.