Despite still being in her masters, she is quickly becoming the “go-to” person for deep-sea sponges. Let’s start off “sex week” with the steamy sex life that fuels reproduction within Phylum Porifera, ...

It’s an efficient propagation method for these animals, allowing them to quickly reproduce and repopulate areas where their numbers have been depleted by predators or other factors. Sponges are ...

The simplest way for a sponge to reproduce is by regeneration. This happens when a sponge is cut into pieces. Each piece of the sponge can grow into a separate organism. Since each new sponge is ...

Many sponges can survive severe damage and undergo frequent fragmentation, which is considered a mechanism for asexual reproduction. While fragmentation is a commonly utilized reproductive ...

He now hopes to investigate how oxygen affects adult sponge reproduction and how it might impact offspring. If sponges of all ages can tolerate less oxygen, then that would be even stronger evidence ...

Dear Lawrence, This is an important question. I have not paid sufficient attention to the threat posed by rampant sponge reproduction. I asked Dave Gallo, the director of special projects at the ...

Flow simulations reveal how this intricate structure alters the way water moves around and through the sponge, helping it endure unforgiving ocean currents and perhaps feed and reproduce ...