Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific Ocean were inhospitable to deep-sea scleractinian coral, but a Florida State University professor's discovery of ...

Reporting from Orlando, Fla. — In the Atlantic Ocean off Florida’s coast, at 1,500 feet and deeper, the water is 45 degrees and pitch-black. Yet life thrives there. Scientists are just ...

If there is a lifeboat for coral reefs, whether shallow or deep, it’s humans who hold the key. A checked swallowtail (Odontanthias borbonius) swims in a mesophotic reef in the Philippines. Image ...

Urgent effort underway to save coral reefs from rising ocean temperatures off Florida Keys 05:02. After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal ...

To help protect deep-sea coral reefs, mapping and monitoring is a high priority for scientists, conservationists, and sustainable fisheries. Observing the seabed is a costly and difficult challenge.

Coral reefs form habitats for many marine species, but little is known about deep-sea reefs – including how they appear. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured. Featured. Breaking News.

The first deep-sea coral reefs in the Galápagos were discovered in April, revealing the ancient structures not previously known to have existed in the region.

Scientists have discovered extensive, ancient deep-sea coral reefs within the Galápagos Marine Reserve (GMR) -- the first of their kind ever to be documented inside the marine protected area (MPA ...

A deep-sea coral reef. Changing Oceans Reefs are built upon dead corals, or coral skeletons, which are made of calcium carbonate and support the whole reef ecosystem.

New, 1000-year-old reefs were discovered in the Galápagos Islands Marine Reserve, a rare discovery of deep-sea coral reefs, with pictures in full color.