Scientists have recently announced a new black coral species thriving in warm temperatures. Teams with ocean exploration non-profit OceanX initially made the discovery in 2020 during an expedition ...

There’s a new, ancient coral reef in town, and it’s magnificent. Scientists working to survey the deep ocean surrounding the Galápagos Islands discovered a never-before-observed reef complex ...

Thriving Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Discovered Near the Galápagos The massive reefs, rich with marine life, were found using high-resolution mapping technology, precise up to 2 millimeters.

A scientific expedition has discovered a previously unknown coral reef with abundant marine life off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, the country's environment ministry said on Monday.

New, 1000-year-old reefs were discovered in the Galápagos Islands Marine Reserve, a rare discovery of deep-sea coral reefs, with pictures in full color.

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.

The team stumbled upon them while studying colonies of the soft coral species Callogorgia delta and Callogorgia Americana, which exist at depths ranging from 300 to 900 meters (984 to 2,953 feet ...

Researchers have discovered two new and unusual species of bacteria in deep-sea coral in the Gulf of Mexico. The discovery, announced in the journal Nature Communications, points to a type of life ...

More information: Alexander H. Knorrn et al, Gaidropsarus mauritanicus (Gadiformes, Gaidropsaridae) a new three‐bearded rockling from a deep‐water coral ecosystem with a genetically verified ...

Since 1984, five specimens of the new species have been found in the waters of Vanuatu and New Caledonia, according to a study.

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.

Two New Deep Ocean Coral-Dwelling Bacteria Species With Incredibly Tiny Genomes Discovered. ... This particular community was discovered in 2016 at a depth of 624 meters (2,047 feet) ...