When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...

A Boston University led team of scientists analyzed a Pacific Ocean seamount that is teeming with biologically diverse corals ...

The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel ...

Suddenly the dark waters lit up with a “starry”-looking glow. The source? An unusual new species of deep-sea animal ... kelp ...

they are also the canaries of the sea, being very sensitive to small changes in the chemical and physical condition of their environment. Modern coral reefs — whether deep or shallow — are ...

These newly identified coral symbionts ... for photosynthesis, deep-sea, cold-water corals likely depend on bacteria to ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...