A new glass sponge species is so strange that has been given the name named Advhena magnifica, which means "magnificent alien ...

A sponge coated with a paraffin-like material can suck up 99 per cent of oil from water at low temperatures, offering a solution to crude oil spills in Arctic environments. Such spills happen with ...

It might seem like a no-brainer to use a cold wet sponge or flannel to cool kids down when they’re roasting hot with a fever. But experts heavily warn against it. Recently, Dr Christabel Akinola ...

In the cold, dark depths of the Arctic Ocean, a feast of the dead is under way. A vast community of sponges, the densest group of these animals found in the Arctic, is consuming the remains of an ...