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 ...

Shown are various creatures the team observed on deep-sea reefs in the Galápagos Islands Marine Reserve, including one dubbed Cacho De Coral. Erin I. Garcia de Jesus is a staff writer at Science ...

Soft coral species in the deep sea exhibit bioluminescence, which researchers studied using remote-controlled underwater rovers. Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on ...

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 ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Temple University biology professor Erik Cordes about the discovery of the world's largest known deep-sea coral habitat. Now we want to take you to the bottom of the ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council will consider Thursday choosing among several areas off Monterey Bay to protect in order to restore and preserve deep-sea corals that create habitat for sea ...

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 ...

The world’s largest deep-sea coral reef has been discovered off the East Coast: a massive 6.4 million acre seascape that stretches from Florida to South Carolina, according to National Oceanic ...

Scientists mapped the largest deep-sea coral reef, which stretches over millions of acres off the Atlantic from Florida to South Carolina and is bigger than Vermont, according to the news release.

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.

Saturday is World Reef Awareness Day, and many of my colleagues and I are calling for President Joe Biden to protect the deep-sea coral treasures of the Southeast — the more than 80,000 coral ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...