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 sponges play a critical role in ocean ecosystems as both habitat formers and nutrient cyclers. Their extensive and complex microbiomes, comprising bacteria, archaea and other microorganisms, ...

Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...

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