In August, an international team of scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute deployed a remotely operated vehicle to explore deep-sea coral reefs off the coast of Uruguay. From a nearby research ...

The reef extends for about 310 miles from Florida to South Carolina and at some points reaches 68 miles wide. Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral ...

Scientists have discovered 20 potential new species at some of the deepest points of the Pacific Ocean, which is expected to increase after final DNA analysis. The species were identified using 13 of ...

An octopus moves around deep-sea corals at 1,612 meters (about 5,288 feet) during a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, dive near the historic HMS ‘Challenger's’ oceanographic station 320, where the ...

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Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights into how the animals may fare in the future Jack Tamisiea A colony of ...

“Deep coral reefs occur throughout the world and generally reach depths of up to 150 metres. They host different ecological communities from the shallow coral reefs that most people think of, but are ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) -The Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council voted to pass a resolution aimed at further protections for the Blake Plateau, which hosts the largest deep sea coral ...

The underwater world often feels like something from another planet. Life in the seas and oceans remains a mystery to those of us on the surface—not only fascinating but also breathtakingly beautiful, ...