The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Hawaiian gold coral in the deep ocean. (Photo credit: HURL) Layers of coral skeleton laid down over the past 1,000 years can be seen in this polished section of a deep sea coral. (Photo by M. McCarthy ...

The possibility of a gold rush at the ... many creatures live in the deep seabed, including microbes, sea worms, mollusks, octopuses, other-worldly fish species, coral and the adorable Casper ...

Some of the invertebrates, like corals or sponges, live for thousands of years. Like the rainforest, the deep sea is also extremely ... [which contain silver, gold, and other minerals].

The orb's gold color is also a mystery ... nutrient-rich water that sustained a thriving ecosystem of deep-sea corals and a nursery for Pacific white skates (Bathyraja spinosissima) — little ...

The U.S. wants to mine the deep sea. But economists warn that leaders aren't taking the full value of the oceans into account ...

Researchers identified some possible new species and said they “still don’t fully understand what’s down there.” ...

The nodules are also a unique habitat, like coral gardens in miniature ... CIA plot to recover a Russian nuclear submarine, using deep-sea mining as a cover story. The CIA leased a ship for ...

Backers of deep-sea mining say it could help provide the gold, copper and other minerals ... ripple through shallower ecosystems such as the coral reefs that ring the islands of the South Pacific ...

Researchers have discovered two new and unusual species of bacteria in deep-sea coral in the Gulf of Mexico. The discovery, ...

The colonial false gold coral Savalia displaying bioluminescence in the Caribbean in 2009. Sönke Johnsen, CC BY-ND Octocorals can create coral gardens and animal forests in the oceans, particularly in ...