Despite lacking nerves, muscles or even brains, sea sponges have the ability to expel clumps of mucus from their bodies in a sneeze-like fashion. This behavior was long known to scientists, but ...

The next time you spot a sea sponge, say “gesundheit!” Some sponges regularly “sneeze” to clear debris from their porous bodies. It’s “like someone with a runny nose,” says team member Sally Leys, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deep-sea sponge _Calyx_ sp. in its natural habitat. PROBIO-DEEP/Fugro When we think of marine life, we usually picture ...