A hitherto unknown species of sea creature has been found on the world’s longest underwater chalk reef - which lies off the coast of Norfolk. Amateur divers were amazed to find masses of the bright ...

The new sponge species was identified in Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone in 2011 A "unique" purple sea sponge has been named by a nine-year-old girl, a decade after it was first ...

A PURPLE sponge never seen in UK waters has been found off England’s east coast. It was discovered by the Wildlife Trust, who were conducting a seaweed survey of the North Sea. The survey uncovered ...

A seaweed survey conducted off the north Norfolk coast has uncovered a purple sponge never before seen in the United Kingdom. Surveying the North Sea at a number of locations between Northumberland ...

A "unique" purple sea sponge has been named by a nine-year-old girl, a decade after it was first discovered. The new sponge species was found in the north Norfolk chalk beds by volunteer divers in ...