James Bell receives funding from the George Mason Trust, Victoria University of Wellington, The Fiordland Lobster company and The Leslie Hutchins Foundation Nick Shears receives funding from Ministry ...

A human enzyme converts chemicals produced by marine sponges and related synthetic derivatives into cell-killing compounds, shows a new study. A human enzyme converts chemicals produced by marine ...

Marine sponges play a critical role in ocean ecosystems as both habitat formers and nutrient cyclers. Their extensive and complex microbiomes, comprising bacteria, archaea and other microorganisms, ...

A research group led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos, Brazil, has identified a number of bioactive compounds in a marine sponge collected on Fernando de Noronha, an ...

For millennia, humans have looked to the sea to find medicine. Today, medical treatments that come from the ocean have been clinically approved for pain, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease, and over a ...

Researchers have published the scientific description of a newly discovered sponge, Megaciella sanctuarium, which they named in honor of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off the Central Coast of ...

Wild dolphins use sea sponges as tools to hunt safely, revealing how animal culture survives despite hidden sensory costs.

You might be tempted to say “gesundheit,” but the sea creature’s snot helps feed other marine organisms. By Sam Jones Sneezing is far from a uniquely human behavior. Maybe you’ve seen your dog or cat ...

Researchers have published the scientific description of a newly discovered sponge, Megaciella sanctuarium, which they named in honor of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off the Central Coast of ...