Turner presented what she proposes as the oldest known animal — a fossil specimen of what she says is an 890 million-year-old ...

Researchers are still searching for direct evidence of the first animals, but they likely emerged within the last 800 million ...

There are over 9,000 described species of sponge (Porifera) living in the ocean, from the intertidal zone all the way down to the abyss. These animals have long been providing for their underwater ...

The amazing ability that shrimp and other creatures, in both land and sea, have for finding their way back is known as homing ...

A sponge can process and filter seawater 50,000 ... Molybdenum is a trace element, important for metabolism in the cells of all animals including humans, and widely used in industry.

Halloween is right around the corner after all! From decor to accessories and from stuffed animals to slippers, there’s so ...

Winnie Au’s new photo book flips the script on the Elizabethan collars that dogs often have to wear after surgery. These ...

Some animals communicate with others and use a few tools, which may be signs of culture. But humans have hundreds of millions ...

Animals can sleep on the wing, standing up, sitting in a tree or diving in the ocean. Many don't close their eyes, and some ...

Marine sponge microbe provides insights into evolution and virulence of the tubercle bacillus. PLOS Pathogens , 2024; 20 (8): e1012440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012440 Cite This Page : ...

But a sponge city does the opposite ... This has the added benefit of creating green spaces, parks and animal habitats, and purifying the surface run-off with plants removing polluting toxins ...