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

Life on Earth extends far beyond the vibrant rainforests and sunlit coral reefs. Deep below the surface, an extraordinary ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

“While we’re here, can we zoom on that little sea cucumber ... researchers spotted a species of coral sticking out from the ...

They were covered by deep sea animals, including barnacles, brittle stars and predatory worms. To the team's surprise they found some species of coral had settled onto the buoys, including several ...

Though it often looks like colourful rock, coral is actually made of colonies of marine animals related to sea anemones, that secrete a hard exoskeleton around themselves as they grow. Its exoskeleton ...

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