The missing link in the mystery turned out to be an event called the Cambrian explosion. It was only after it that living ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first animals were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. The discovery relies on ...

Scientists discovered three new species of carnivorous underwater creature at the Great Barrier Reef, the study said. Photo shows a representative reef. Photo from Osman Rana via Unsplash Deep ...

Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic ...

Local ecologist Steve Lonhart says most scientists are lucky to know maybe one or two people, in their lifetimes, who have named a new species. He knows someone who has described a couple of dozen – a ...

Marine biologists have discovered a dozen new species of sea sponges at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off California. Thomas Turner They were practically hiding in plain sight. Marine ...

Nestled into a sandy reef in the South Pacific Ocean sat a “massive” sea creature. The plant-covered animal caught the attention of scuba diving scientists. It turned out to be a new species.

Scientists found “massive” plant-covered sea animals at South Pacific reef and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative island in French Polynesia. Photo from Gabor Koszegi ...