Near the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippines, located 50 meters below the sea surface, is the Benham Bank, an underwater ...

researchers have found a glimmer of hope off the coast of the U.S. – the largest-ever deep-sea coral reef. It's been known since the 1960s that there were massive mounds of cold-water coral off ...

Changing the way we manage Aotearoa New Zealand's oceans could save our biodiverse-rich, critically-endangered deep-water coral. Aotearoa New Zealand is a biodiversity hotspot for deepwater coral ...

Mote is also partnering with NOAA and the Department of the Interior to restore deep-water coral habitats damaged ... a shallow reef southeast of Bamboo Key near Marathon, and Ham Reef off of ...

A recent study suggests that deep-sea corals from ... Aquarium Research Institute. Soft coral may look like waving reeds, skeleton fingers or stalks of bamboo — and glow pink, orange, white ...

New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral ... submersibles and deep-sea robots up ...

The issue has received scant attention until recently. In part, that's because the deep-water coral gardens are well-hidden from public view, too remote for scuba divers to reach, occupying niches ...

An international group of researchers has discovered two “pristine” coral reefs in the ... Unlike shallower, warm-water reefs that thrive on sunlight, deep-water reefs are chilly, dark and ...