Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...

The new order of sponges, Vilesida, was uncovered after careful research into sponges from diverse marine environments. For decades, sponges have confounded biologists with their deceptive simplicity, ...

SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish best friend, Patrick Star, aren’t such cartoonish creatures after all. According to an image taken by a marine biologist doing remote deep-sea exploration this ...

A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first animals were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. The discovery relies on ...

For decades, scientists have debated which animals first appeared on Earth and set the stage for the evolution of complex life. A recent study by MIT geochemists offers compelling evidence that the ...

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

It looks like SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star might have been spotted outside of Bikini Bottom. A marine biologist posted a picture of a yellow sea sponge sitting next to a pink starfish in the ...

Researchers demonstrate that sponges react to changes in their microbiome with extensive modifications in gene regulation. Researchers at LMU demonstrate that sponges react to changes in their ...