"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.

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea ...

Black coral is usually found in the depths of ... a new element to the still-incomplete picture about the deep-sea biodiversity living today. Moreover, you never know how a new species is going ...

Scientists mapped the largest deep-sea coral reef ... corals' and also sediments that are trapped by the coral rubble material." When living corals are present, he says they can be found at ...

It’s a global task.” The exquisite beauty of the more than 200 species of coral, living in crystal clear waters of the northern Red Sea in temperatures that can top 85 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Deep-sea coral feeds differently than their shallow-water cousins. Coral in the shallow parts of the ocean use a process ...

“We’ve lost 98 percent of our living coral cover,” says Muller ... and diving underwater to pluck macroalgae, the weed of the sea. The volunteers’ goal is to free parts of the reef ...

Researchers have discovered a giant coral colony on the north-western coast of Saudi Arabia, in a part of the Red Sea that is being developed as a luxury tourist resort. The colony, a feature ...

Unlike most other living organisms, they don’t rely on ... Researchers have discovered two new and unusual species of bacteria in deep-sea coral in the Gulf of Mexico. The discovery, announced ...

While they may paint picturesque scenery in front of you, in reality, they, too are living ... Use Coral-safe skincare While applying sunscreen is definitely a must when you visit the sea, the ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The massive 2010 oil spill damaged or killed coral in the Gulf of Mexico ...