This latest type of black coral is unique in that it thrives in warm waters such as the Red Sea, which has a temperature of 22 °C. Scientists were aiming to explore deep-sea ecosystems of the ...

Commonly known as black corals due to their ink-colored skeletons, these corals are staples of deep-sea ecosystems around the world. However, black corals remain enigmatic due to the challenges of ...

Because so few specimens of deep-sea black corals have been collected, and so many undiscovered species are likely still out there, there is also a lot to learn about the evolutionary tree of corals.

A deep-sea expedition to one of Earth's most remote island chains has surfaced stunning pictures of the vibrant ecosystems ...

The white coloring is healthy—deep-sea corals don’t rely on symbiotic algae so they can ... about 650 to 3,300 feet underwater—depths where it’s very cold and pitch black. Ira Flatow talks with Dr.

Because so few specimens of deep-sea black corals have been collected, and so many undiscovered species are likely still out there, there is also a lot to learn about the evolutionary tree of corals.

More than 200 species of deep-sea corals have been described on the Blake Plateau, including hard corals, sea fans, lace corals and black corals. They can form dense structures rising 600 feet in ...

my colleagues and I discovered five new species of black corals living as deep as 2,500 feet (760 meters) below the surface in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off the coast of Australia.

Conservationists say Sir David Attenborough would be “mortified” by images of six tonnes of coral caught in a single trawl ...

Black smoker vents sustain unique ecosystems ... While Hovland balanced his industry job and coral science in the deep sea, bottom trawl fishing was exploding in popularity in Norway.