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A team of international scientists recently returned from a 35-day expedition to explore the waters of the South Sandwich ...
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This archipelago, north of Seattle in the Salish sea, is packed with so much lush life, you'll feel as though transported to ...
sponges, and other animals that can’t escape. Depending on the depth where the plumes are released, their metallic contents might get absorbed by tuna fish and other sea creatures, contaminating ...
The team at RMIT found that when you combine lattices in a structure similar to a deep-sea sponge, your material of choice can absorb more energy and handle more stress before deforming. Using the ...
Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly discovered species, glass sponges provide both a home and a hunting ground.
Belinda the sea sponge has a lot going on for an animal that can't go anywhere. Canadian researchers have used four years of time-lapse footage from the sea floor of British Columbia to paint ...
A sea sponge observed off the coast of Vancouver Island for more than four years was found to both hibernate and “sneeze” in behaviours thought to expel waste and adapt to a changing ocean ...
VANCOUVER - A study into the behaviour of a sea sponge off the coast of British Columbia has revealed the animals have the humanlike ability to sneeze. Researcher Sally Leys said her team examined ...
University of Western Australia researchers are investigating cancer-fighting compounds in marine sponges at Busselton. The Busselton Jetty has raised $25,000 to help fund the trial. A popular ...
Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil record. The discovery sheds new light on a conundrum that has stumped zoologists and paleontologists ...
But countries located near the CCZ, like Fiji, Palau and Samoa ... and spiny invertebrates like sea urchins and sponges. Amid opposition from some countries like France, Chile and Canada ...