HONOLULU (KHON2) — Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology (HIMB) have uncovered 10 new species of marine sponges in Kaneohe Bay. The groundbreaking ...

Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...

The ocean is a big place with many deep, dark mysteries. Humans have mapped no more than 20% of the sea, and explored less. Even the kelp forests of Southern California -- among the best studied ...

A NEW ghost shark and a carnivorous “death ball” sponge are just two of the over 1,100 new species discovered in the deep sea ...

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When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other ...

Researchers in Hawaii discovered four new species of sponge. Getty Images/iStockphoto Researchers in Hawaii used structures that mimic coral reefs to study aquatic life — and they found four new ...

The Ocean Census project says scientists have discovered 1,121 previously unknown species in a single year. The rush is on to save them as risks to the world’s oceans multiply ...

Over the course of 13 expeditions and other efforts between mid-2025 and mid-2026, scientists found hundreds of previously ...

Sponges are ancient marine animals, very common throughout the world’s oceans and seem less affected by ocean warming and acidification. Our latest research shows they can also survive low levels of ...