Sea sponges “sneeze” in slow motion to get rid of the sand and pollutants that they suck into their bodies, and the expelled mucus may be an important food source for other marine organisms.

"We may have brought things forward by about a decade." Scientists alarmed after examining skeletons of centuries-old sponges ...

Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would-be predators. Some species of sea slugs, however, such as Platydoris scabra, have evolved immunity against the toxins of specific sponge ...

Astronomers have caught a baby star in the act of sneezing tremendous bursts of energy and stellar material into the ...

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A simple sneeze can travel up to 100 miles an hour and spray a cloud of 100,000 germs. Sounds gross, but sneezing is actually a protective reflex that's designed to keep you healthy. It begins ...

A sponge population can pump something like 1,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water in just one day. 'They also recycle a lot of organic material, so they're really important for the carbon ...

Nervous. “Talking relaxes me,” I tell him. Then 20 minutes pass. “I feel floaty, spacey, woozy — like a sea sponge, a collection of porous cells.” Should I close or open my eyes?

Kevin Pillar of the Toronto Blue Jays joined a peculiar but steadily growing list of ballplayers who have injured themselves sneezing. Pillar, who has been likely to start in Toronto's outfield on ...

Fortunately, Spanish dancers possess a potent toxin, which deters predators. Sea sponges and other sessile (anchored) organisms compete fiercely with each other for space using physical and ...