After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal blow to many of the vital underwater ecosystems, researchers have found a glimmer of hope off the ...

Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef system off the coast of Argentina that may be one of the largest on ...

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 ...

Deep-sea coral reef discovered off the coast of Naples with an intact ecosystem that has scientists amazed today ...

Coral reefs are some of the most biodiverse environments on the planet, yet many of us will never see them in person. Dr. Derek Sowers is part of a team of researchers dedicated to discovering these ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Temple University biology professor Erik Cordes about the discovery of the world's largest known deep-sea coral habitat. Now we want to take you to the bottom of the ...

The surreal scene, of highly trained Navy divers speaking in cartoon voices while performing precise underwater surgery on orange and purple coral colonies, illustrates the extraordinary measures ...

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 ...

MIAMI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - U.S. scientists are warning of an environmental threat to deep-water coral reefs after finding they may be just as vulnerable to pollution as their shallow-water counterparts ...

Now we want to take you to the bottom of the ocean, where scientists have discovered what they now characterize as the largest deep sea coral habitat to be mapped and documented. (SOUNDBITE OF WATER ...