The main characters of the hit TV show "SpongeBob Squarepants" may be a bunch of fish — technically a sea sponge ... "I think it's deep, and heavy, and long-lasting," Kenny explained when ...

The list of real and imaginary items that SpongeBob eats reaches the absurd. Real sponge diets are more mundane. Most sponges are filter-feeders eating bits of detritus…well..filtered out of the water ...

"SpongeBob is obviously shaped like a plastic cleaning sponge — he's rectangular," Mah says. But actual deep-sea sponges? "They're almost surreal. They're bizarre, crazy shapes." Patrick's ...

"SpongeBob SquarePants." Scientists spotted the marine animals with a remotely operated deep-sea vehicle (ROV) as it zoomed around the Atlantic Ocean's Retriever Seamount, exploring the area's ...

But the SpongeBob-like sponge in the image, Mah said, belongs to the genus Hertwigia. He was surprised by its bright yellow color, which is unusual for the deep sea. That far down, most things are ...

Related Video Above: Cleveland boy spreads cheer in community with SpongeBob costume** (WJW) — It appears that sea stars and sea sponges like to hang out in real life. Earlier this week ...

SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish best friend, Patrick Star, aren’t such cartoonish creatures after all. According to an image taken by a marine biologist doing remote deep-sea exploration ...

(WJW) — It appears that sea stars and sea sponges like to hang ... when he spotted two creatures with an uncanny resemblance to SpongeBob and Patrick Star from the now-classic Nickelodeon ...

Earlier this week, marine scientist Christopher Mah was doing remote research in the Atlantic Ocean when he spotted two creatures with an uncanny resemblance to SpongeBob and Patrick Star from the ...