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. Scientists were aiming to explore deep-sea ecosystems of the ...

Black sea urchins feed on the algae that grows on the reef. Bronstein said they're sometimes called the gardeners of the sea for that reason. Algae competes with coral for sunlight.

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 ...

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

The new black coral species was discovered in April 2022 during a joint Smithsonian and National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) expedition to a stretch of the Caribbean Sea just south of Puerto Rico.

Sample of black coral collected from the Gulf of Mexico at 1,000 feet (300 meters), with a 6 inch (15 centimeter) ruler at base for scale. (Image credit: USGS) Many of these 2,000-year-old ...

“This is a complex task, but it is absolutely necessary if we wish to ensure the survival of this unique species that is so critical to the future of coral reefs,” he added. The black sea urchin is ...

"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.

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

Sea urchin pandemic spreads beyond Red Sea, endangering coral reefs. By Ari Rabinovitch. June 7, 2024 ... Item 1 of 2 A dead black sea urchin is displayed at a laboratory in Tel Aviv University's ...

The orange-red fluorescence photoconvertible protein pigments of the reef coral Lobophyllia hemprichii enhances the light penetration within the tissue containing photosynthetic symbionts. J ...