31 different multibeam sonar surveys led researchers to discover the extent of a deep-sea coral reef off the southeastern U.S. – the largest ever found. Derek C. Sowers, ...

Largest deep-sea coral reef: How it was discovered. The reef is too deep to explore by scuba diving, and that's why the mapping was done using 31 multi-beam sonars, according to the news release.

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

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 ...

A new study of deep-sea coral reefs indicates that humans may be having a much more significant impact on them than previously thought. According to a report from the Irish Examiner, researchers ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Deep-sea coral does not get enough sunlight for this process and must feed entirely using its tentacles. Coral damaged by the oil spill, with a brittle starfish and an anemone attached to it.

As secretary-general of the ISA, I am confident that we are on track to deliver a strong, science-based regulatory regime ...

They are followed by books that focus more closely on the interconnections between the oceans and climate change. Two books ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea living became a reality. Rowan Hooper tells us how it happened ...

Deep-sea coral does not get enough sunlight for this process and must feed entirely using its tentacles. Coral damaged by the oil spill, with a brittle starfish and an anemone attached to it. ...

Deep-sea coral does not get enough sunlight for this process and must feed entirely using its tentacles. In many cases, the contamination from the spill caused the tissue to slowly slough off the ...