But more than a decade of mapping and exploration "revealed one of the largest deep-sea coral reef habitats found to date anywhere in the world," NOAA Ocean Exploration operations chief Kasey ...

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 ...

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.

Collected from the deep waters off Puerto Rico, the species is a member of an enigmatic, and threatened, group of corals Jack Tamisiea The Nancy Foster research vessel explores the deep waters off ...

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 ...

By Liz Kimbrough In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy ...

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 ...

Scientists have found the world’s largest-known habitat of deep-sea corals off the Southeast coast and a significant portion lies just 90 miles offshore from Georgia. The nearly continuous ...

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.

Corals searching for food in the cold and dark waters of the deep sea are building higher and higher mountains to get closer to the source of their food. But in doing so, they may find themselves ...

But in recent months, researchers have discovered vast landscapes of thriving corals in deeper waters surrounding the equatorial islands. In April, scientists documented the first pristine deep ...

Scientists initially thought that the 6.4 million acre seascape off the southeastern United States was a dead zone. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 18, 2024 12:45 PM EST Get the Popular Science ...