300-year-old Arctic sea sponges survive by eating worm fossils - Business Insider

Scientists are discovering alien-like worlds in the uncharted oceans of the Arctic and Antarctica. The latest find is fossil-feeding sea sponges.
Deep beneath the ice-encrusted Arctic seas near the North Pole, atop an inactive deep-sea volcano, a community of sea sponges has survived for centuries by eating the fossils of ancient extinct worms… [+5546 chars] Read More