1. Modern desmosponge. Find the pores, and notice the thread-like spicules made of protein. This sponge grew up around a bryozoan colony, which you can see at the bottom and top of the specimen, and a ...

Drawing of Chenendopora michelinii Hinde (specimen NHMUK PI P 1197) published in James Parkinson's book Organic Remains ... The collection is representative of all continents except Antarctica.

A large sponge, a cluster of anemones ... Therefore, the size of this specimen suggests this community has been active for decades, perhaps even hundreds of years. Researchers found flourishing ...

When an iceberg nearly the size of Chicago broke away in January from a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, an international team of scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean ...