The genome of the reef-building glass sponge Aphrocallistes vastus provides insights into silica biomineralization. Royal Society Open Science , 2023; 10 (6) DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230423 Cite This Page : ...

Glass sponges have an average lifespan of around 10,000 years, with some believed to live over 15,000 years. This is significantly longer than the second- and third-longest-living creatures, with ...

Sea sponges are one such creature, and they come in many shapes and sizes. As surprising as it seems, one particular variety of sea sponge, called a glass sponge, ...

When scientists first discovered glass sponge reefs in British Columbia’s waters in the late 1980s, they couldn’t have been more surprised. Prior to this, they believed that glass sponge reefs ...

Glass sponges have properties for the design of ships, planes and skyscrapers Published in the journal Nature the first-ever simulation of the deep-sea Venus flower sponge and how it responds to ...

The glass sponge’s secret for longevity lies in its skeleton and other chemicals that shield it from life-threatening predators. In fact, many sea creatures call their protective skeleton home.

Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly discovered species, glass sponges provide both a home and a hunting ground.

Vast mounds made of the skeletons of glass sponges have been discovered 600 metres down on the seabed of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary off California.

Many sponges, including the glass rope sponge, are filter feeders. They rely on the ocean’s currents and long, microscopic hairs called flagella to push nutritious microbes onto them, which they ...

The genome of a glass sponge species suggests that silica skeletons evolved independently in several groups of sponges. Researchers led by geobiologist Professor Gert Wörheide have decoded the ...