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 ...

WILMINGTON -- Corals may be disappearing from reefs in Florida, but a team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington says one organism is effectively taking over the real estate left behind: ...

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 ...

April 27, 2009 - A new study appearing in Restoration Ecology describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs. The findings could be generally ...

From the cramped conditions inside a school-bus-sized metal tube at the bottom of the ocean, scientist Chris Finelli traded his scuba gear for a T-shirt and bare feet, ready to talk about his latest ...

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 — In the absence of coral on Florida’s ailing reefs, a titan of the sea is taking over: giant barrel sponges. Big as a bathtub, the redwoods of the reef can live for centuries and grow to 6 feet ...