Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Microbiologist Detmer Sipkema has been awarded an ENW-M grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for innovative, ...

Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical evidence suggested.