Most corals live in colder waters worldwide. This latest type of black coral is unique in that it thrives in warm waters such as the Red Sea, which has a temperature of 22 °C.

Black sea urchins have disappeared from the Gulf of Aqaba. Their loss could kill off an entire coral reef June 2, 2023 / 1:35 PM EDT / CNN ...

The Coral Triangle has often been compared to the Amazon rainforest, based on the sheer scale of its biodiversity. And now, ...

The narrow stretch of water known as the Strait of Messina, where the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis swallowed sailors and ships, hides the world's largest forest of black coral ...

A deadly epidemic that is spreading through the Red Sea has killed off an entire species of sea urchin in the Gulf of Aqaba, imperilling the region's uniquely resilient coral reefs, an Israeli ...

Red Sea reef threat after mass sea urchin die-off Scientists call for urgent action to preserve existing populations as epidemic decimates Eilat’s black sea urchin population in two months.

Soft coral species in the deep sea exhibit bioluminescence, which researchers studied using remote-controlled underwater rovers. Many animals can glow in the dark.

A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in Israel say.

For the first time, scientists have been able to validate the age of the mysterious deep sea black corals found in the Gulf of Mexico. A new study puts them at a venerable 2,000 years old.

As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin populations are threatening to push some reefs in Hawaii past the point of ...

Jeremy Horowitz, NMNH Horowitz believes its resemblance to other groups of black coral reveals how helpful a simple body type is for survival in the deep-sea.

The sustained loss of a once abundant species of sea urchin in the Caribbean could also result in the functional extinction of diverse coral species from the region's reefs, according to new research.