Somewhere around 5,000 years ago, the deep-sea corals that had clung to seamounts off the Galápagos Islands for more than 100 ...

Life is abundant, even in the deepest parts of the ocean.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three-quarters of the world's oceans are still unmapped with much detail. But as our technology improves, researchers can see more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal blow to many of the vital ...

A "perfect storm" of conditions combining upwelling from the deep with run off from the land may be driving crown-of-thorns ...

The East Coast of the United States is known for its miles of gorgeous beaches, but now something beneath the surface has been discovered that makes it even more of a jewel. Thanks to 3D imagery, ...

Alfonsino fish swim over a field of Lophelia pertusa in the massive reef discovered off the eastern U.S. Coast. Image courtesy of the NOAA Ocean Exploration, Windows to the Deep 2019 The world’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Marine scientists have found and mapped the world's largest known deep-sea coral reef: a hidden ecosystem roughly the size of Vermont teeming with new species. The discovery was the painstaking ...

Three-quarters of the world's oceans are still unmapped with much detail. But as our technology improves, researchers can see more and more of what's hidden beneath the inky depths. Such as, say, the ...