The banks of the Gowanus Canal would become pollution-sucking sponges thanks to an innovative plan put forward this week by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy — but details for implementation remain as ...

Sea sponges are weird all on their own, but their tenants are even weirder. Many sponges are host to a variety of worm species which live inside their digestive canals. The exact nature of these ...

The authors suggest that both species may have inherited the distinctive long asymmetrical body from their last common ancestor. which had adapted to survive inside the branching canals of a sponge.

The plan to install a canal-cleaning park in Gowanus was halted for a few years, but is finally moving forward. Crews have already broken ground to make way for a natural filtration system.

The worms were found off Sado island in Japan, living inside host sponges in the seas surrounding the island. Read more Non-Native 'Legless Amphibian' Found in Florida Canal Has Been Identified ...

Related: DLANDstudio’s Sponge Park will be a natural filtration system for the Gowanus Canal At first glance, the park system looks like a lush green garden with pleasant walkways for strolling.

That’s no wasteland, that’s prime parkland, say Gowanus activists who are working to create an “environmentally conscious public park space,” around the canal. You read that correctly. The Gowanus ...

Sponge movement relies on a system of densely branched water canals inside their body. When some of the canals close and the water gets flushed out, ...

Sponges harbor a remarkable diversity of bacteria, however, ... they are remarkably efficient in obtaining food by pumping surrounding seawater through a specialized canal system.