She thinks California’s marine protected areas likely contained relatively larger amounts of structure-forming invertebrates when first set up. Sponges and corals can live for decades – one ...

From starfish and sea slugs to jellyfish and sponges, the ocean's invertebrates are some of the most ancient and diverse critters on Earth. And so are their superpowers, as marine biologist Drew ...

Sedentary marine invertebrates such as sponges, are an important source for a large variety of biologically-active substances. Until more advanced techniques such as chemical synthesis ...

The nooks and crannies of a sponge's body provide cover for young fish and many small invertebrates including shrimp, small crabs and other invertebrates. Though we don't have corals that build ...

New research from a team of Australian biologists suggests this could cause a major shift in the seafloor communities along the coast of Antarctica, where invertebrates like sponges, worms and ...

Sponges need a diet of fresh plankton, and they also need lots of space. You mustn’t keep them with fish species that feed on them or predator invertebrates. Urchins are fascinating, spiky ...

Freshwater sponges are very different from the variety most people are familiar with (that'll be the more widely known marine sponge). Invertebrates and filter feeders, to the untrained eye ...