"Many [deep-sea corals] live for hundreds of years, with some colonies living over 4,000 years," NOAA says, with latest discovery revealing nearly 84,000 individual coral mound peak features.

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Now we want to take you to the bottom of the ocean, where scientists have discovered what they now characterize as the largest deep sea coral habitat to be mapped and documented.

Deep coral reefs provide habitat for sharks, swordfish, sea stars, octopus, shrimp and many other kinds of fish, the scientists said. Tropical reefs are better known to scientists - and snorkelers ...

Deep-sea mining, which could begin properly in the next few years, could threaten all of these species. ... 'Mind-boggling' volcano map . Scientists mapped around 19,000 deep-sea volcanos.

Only about 20% of the ocean’s depths has been mapped by humans. Here’s what we do — and don’t — know about the deep seas and why studying them is so precarious.

Here is our list of the top 10 weirdest deep-sea creatures seen in 2021. Blood-red jellyfish This mysteries red jelly may be a new species previously unknown to science, NOAA researchers say.

This heat map shows the concentration of known deep-sea dives with visual observations in the North Atlantic. Ocean Discovery League. But what does Bell’s “0.001 percent” figure really mean?

(Take our deep-sea quiz to see how much you know about Earth's most mysterious region.) "I think of food webs as a map," says Choy. "You can't have whales in the ocean if it's not for the tiny ...

Most of the seafloor explored during Dive 07 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration was covered with these ... or they use remote-operated vehicles to collect samples and map the ocean ...

The Deep-Sea Podcast Armatus Oceanic. IT IS hard to imagine what the deep sea actually looks like. There is practically no light in this lowest layer of the ocean, which starts at a depth of 1800 ...

Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a rainbow of Sharpie colors. Each cup is ...