Three of the new species — Haliclona pahua, Haliclona kahoe and Haliclona loe — are new to science, Toonen said. They were ...

Belinda the sea sponge ... killing marine animals. As the blob passed through, Belinda's colour slowly darkened from a pale yellow to deep orange, and it became lumpy. The sponge also got smaller ...

They also help create food for other organisms, he said. Researchers in Hawaii found four new species of sponge, a sea creature that’s important to coral reef ecosystems. Photos from Jan Vicente ...