"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.

The mating seasons for corals living in shallower waters are governed by the moon, but with the moon barely distinguishable at depths of 125m there is a chance that the corals rooted in the deep ...

Unlike corals that flourish in warm, shallow water with lots of sunlight to fuel symbiotic algae, deep-sea corals survive in darker parts of the ocean that don’t warm up as quickly under climate ...

Deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific Date: July 14, 2017 Source: Florida State University Summary: Scientists had long believed that the waters of the Central and ...

Often highlighted as important ecological refuges, deep sections of coral reefs (30-60 m depth) can offer protection from the full force of climate change-related impacts, such as intensifying ...

Scientists have found the world’s largest-known deep sea coral habitat off the Southeast coast and a portion lies just 90 miles offshore from Georgia.

The world's largest deep-sea coral reef, which spans an area roughly the size of Vermont, has been uncovered "right on the doorstep" of the southeast U.S. coastline, new seafloor maps reveal.

Even the coldest, darkest depths of the world's oceans can't escape the harmful effects of global warming -- and that includes deep-sea corals, local researchers have found. The scientists are ...

This fluorescing deep-water coral emits a warm, orange glow into the cool, dim waters where it grows tens of metres below the ocean’s surface. It’s a natural spectacle ...

Many animals can glow in the dark. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow, far earlier than previously thought.

Most people would be surprised to learn that two-thirds of the world's corals are not found in warm tropical waters but deep down in some of the ocean's coldest, darkest places.