It is probably this 2.5 meter (8.2 feet) diameter giant that was a tourist attraction for scuba divers visiting Curaçao in the Caribbean in the early 1990s. Unfortunately frequent touching by scuba ...

One sea sponge turned out to be 2,000 years old. And older giant barrel sponges appear to have a faster rate of cell division, unlike us. They produce antibiotics and much, much more. Lina Bayona ...

University of North Carolina researcher Lindsey Deignan helped study giant barrel sponges off Key Largo. A new study found the sponges have increased by 122 percent over the last 12 years. JR Pawlik ...

20 specimens of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge were removed and reattached at Conch Reef off of Key Largo, Florida in 2004 and 2005 at depths of 15m and 30m. The sponges were affixed to the reef ...

A giant carribean animal growing off the coast of Curaçao spent an estimated 2,300 years attached to the same reef before ...

Scientists found a freckled sea creature with “canine-like” teeth on giant barrel sponges in Indonesia and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In the crystalline waters off ...

MIAMI — There’s a turf war going under the waters off the Florida Keys, a battle for no less than dominance of dying coral-reef tracts. It’s sponge versus seaweed, a matchup that for obvious reasons ...

Imagine an animal that began its life centuries before the Roman Empire reached its height and has quietly continued its daily routine ever since. According to recent reports, scientists have ...

Deep sea scientists exploring the remote waters between Hawaii and Midway atoll have found a gigantic sea sponge “about the size of a minivan” that could be the oldest animal on earth. “It’s probably ...

Cozumel Island, Mexico — Descending into the clear blue water of the Colombia Reef, off Cozumel in Mexico, there are two ways to look at what greets you. One is as a fantastic, calming world of peace ...