Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

The Antarctic sponge may be the oldest animal on Earth, living up to 15,000 years. In the icy waters of Antarctica, ...

Lophiostroma leizunia is unique among all known sponges for constructing its skeleton using fluorapatite, a phosphate mineral. This finding establishes the phylum Porifera (sponges) as the first ...

International scientists have uncovered the oldest known phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge, dating back approximately 480 ...

Lophiostroma leizunia is unique among all known sponges for constructing its skeleton using fluorapatite, a phosphate mineral. This finding establishes the phylum Porifera (sponges) as the first ...

Phylum Porifera Phenomenon. And maybe most impressively, Lord of Memes. SpongeBob SquarePants' impact on digital culture is indelible—perhaps more so than any other cartoon sponge in recent history.