A new study found evidence in timelapse videos that sea sponges — like humans — sneeze to get rid of mucus and other waste . Sea sponges are underwater creatures with canal systems that suck water in, ...

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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 ...

Sneezing out mucus may be one of the oldest ways for organisms to get rid of unwanted waste. A group of researchers found that sponges, one of the oldest multicellular organisms in existence, 'sneeze' ...

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Sneezing can be traced back more than 600 million years to the humble sponge, according to new research. An involuntary release of air helps it get rid of irritants—just like humans, say scientists.

Sneezing and coughing are two different ways of accomplishing the same. One involves the nose and mucus, the other the mouth and mucus, but both are defensive respiratory reflexes designed to expel ...