Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

When we think of the ocean, what often comes to mind are familiar sights– coral reefs, fishing boats, and waves breaking ...

Karli Thomas from the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, who’s at the United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) in France, says the incident is “a disaster for deep sea corals” and is “truly ...

It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...

The Eclipse nearly always injects some excitement into the Flat season post-Royal Ascot, the first clash of the generations ...

Never has the ocean been the focus of so much investor and political attention as it was in Nice earlier this month. But, ...

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given ...

More information: J. P. Cabasan et al, Benthic structuring of the mesophotic coral ecosystem on the Benham Bank seamount in the Philippines, Coral Reefs (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s00338-025-02658-1 ...