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Sponge-dwelling worms living in a glass castle among 38 new species discovered in unexplored region of deep sea

They say just 0.001 percent of the deep ocean has been directly observed, representing a speck on our planet that’s just larger than Rhode Island. It’s hardly surprising, then, that when we do take a ...
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The first animals on Earth had no skeletons and that changes everything

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and ...
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Some Australian dolphins use sponges to hunt fish, but it’s harder than it looks

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Some dolphins in Australia ...
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Ocean sponges suggest Earth has warmed longer, more than thought; some scientists dubious

A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and has heated the world more than they thought. They ...
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Some Australian dolphins use sponges to hunt fish, but it’s harder than it looks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose. Using the sponge to protect from sharp ...