But more than a decade of mapping and exploration "revealed one of the largest deep-sea coral reef habitats found to date anywhere in the world," NOAA Ocean Exploration operations chief Kasey ...

Now we want to take you to the bottom of the ocean, where scientists have discovered what they now characterize as the largest deep sea coral habitat to be mapped and documented. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

Vast colonies of living coral are being found in the deep ocean off the West Coast, fragile and slow-growing habitat for sea creatures and an important hunting ground for commercial fishing.

Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present ...

The East Coast of the United States is known for its miles of gorgeous beaches, but now something beneath the surface has been discovered that makes it even more of a jewel. Thanks to 3D imagery ...

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Scientists have recently announced a new black coral species thriving in warm temperatures. Teams with ocean exploration non ... Scientists were aiming to explore deep-sea ecosystems of the ...

Image courtesy of the NOAA Ocean Exploration, Windows to the Deep 2019 The world’s largest deep-sea coral reef has been discovered off the East Coast: a massive 6.4 million acre seascape that ...

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