"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.

A deep-sea expedition to one of Earth's most remote island chains has surfaced stunning pictures of the vibrant ecosystems surrounding hydrothermal vents that scientists didn't even know were there.

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.

But why would deep water coral, which reside far from the sun’s harshest rays, share such flashy coloration with their shallow cousins? For a long time, researchers weren’t sure.

In the deep sea, the energy budget is tight, and confrontation is avoided. Hennige and colleagues have proposed two theories for why Lophelia corals are able to fuse skeletons.

Researchers discovered the coral gardens using a remotely operated vehicle known as SuBastian. ... Deep-Sea Coral Gardens Discovered by Researchers in Mysterious Underwater Canyons.

These glowing corals live deep in the Red Sea. Jörg Wiedenmann . Coral reefs are economic mainstays and critical habitats. But something else makes them amazing: their otherworldly glow.

Black, Deep-Sea Coral That Can Live in Warm Waters Discovered. Published Nov 01, 2022 at 11:39 AM EDT Updated Nov 02, 2022 at 11:34 AM EDT. By .

On the upper-continental slope, about 80 miles off the coast of Delacroix in the Gulf of Mexico, is a coral reef unlike those found in shallow, tropical waters. More than 1,200 feet deep, this ...

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.

Scientists are racing to save coral reefs by deep freezing them for the future As oceans get hotter, coral reefs are suffering. Scientists are working on ways to preserve coral by freezing and ...

Hotter oceans are threatening coral around the world this summer. A new project is seeking to preserve coral by deep-freezing them, in the hope that one day they can help restore reefs.