Sea sponges “sneeze” in slow motion to get rid of the sand and pollutants that they suck into their bodies, and the expelled mucus may be an important food source for other marine organisms.

Astronomers have caught a baby star in the act of sneezing tremendous bursts of energy and stellar material into the ...

Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would-be predators. Some species of sea slugs, however, such as Platydoris scabra, have evolved immunity against the toxins of specific sponge ...

A hole in your throat is nothing to sneeze at, as shown by a case report recently published in BMJ Case Reports. And the case report showed the dangers of pinching your nose and closing your mouth ...

A simple sneeze can travel up to 100 miles an hour and spray a cloud of 100,000 germs. Sounds gross, but sneezing is actually a protective reflex that's designed to keep you healthy. It begins ...

Although marine sponges are widespread in the oceans, their biodiversity and distribution is still poorly known. Even though the Mediterranean Sea is the most explored sea on Earth, a study by Julio A ...

A sponge population can pump something like 1,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water in just one day. 'They also recycle a lot of organic material, so they're really important for the carbon ...

Nervous. “Talking relaxes me,” I tell him. Then 20 minutes pass. “I feel floaty, spacey, woozy — like a sea sponge, a collection of porous cells.” Should I close or open my eyes?

If you can't stop sneezing every time allergy season rolls around, you're not alone. But have you ever had trouble sneezing? Your nose and eyes are itchy and it seems like you have to sneeze ...

Kevin Pillar of the Toronto Blue Jays joined a peculiar but steadily growing list of ballplayers who have injured themselves sneezing. Pillar, who has been likely to start in Toronto's outfield on ...

Fortunately, Spanish dancers possess a potent toxin, which deters predators. Sea sponges and other sessile (anchored) organisms compete fiercely with each other for space using physical and ...