University of Minnesota Crookston researchers, aided by students, are shedding light on freshwater sponges in Minnesota, which may be indicators of water quality. Freshwater sponges have been ...

Not long after arriving at Bates to teach biology, Professor April Hill took a map, drew a circle with a 50-mile radius around Lewiston and the college, and gave Gavin Chen ’20, then a junior biology ...

On a recent Tuesday morning, seven research students inside Baton Rouge Community College's research science lab were hunched over microscopes and jotting down notes with a quiet sense of focus. You ...

Biologists have used a variety of drugs to elicit sneezes in freshwater sponges and observed the process using fluorescent dye. Their efforts focused on the sponge's osculum, which controls water ...

Freshwater sponge washed up at Long Pond Iron Works.jpg Freshwater sponge washed up on shore at Long Pond Iron Works State Park. (Photo by John Parke) While having a slow day of bird watching with a ...

Freshwater sponges represent a unique component of diverse aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Their ability to inhabit lakes, rivers and temporary water bodies underscores their adaptive success. Recent ...

We report the oldest fossil occurrence of freshwater potamolepid sponges (Demospongiae, Spongillina, Potamolepidae) to date, originating from middle Eocene lake sediments accumulated in the Giraffe ...

Like many freshwater scientists, I suffer from Cousteau envy. To me, fresh waters are fascinating, but they get no respect from the public. No one talks about the hour-long TV special they saw about ...