A massive sea creature has been found in the Pacific Ocean near Malaulalo, Solomon Islands. The creature stretches over 100 feet wide and is 300 years old.

2024 — New study documents a severe coral bleaching event occurring in a deep coral reef that resulted in high rates of coral mortality. Unlike many bleaching events, this was driven by the ...

An exploratory expedition describes two deep-sea, low-oxygen ecosystems in the Red Sea, including some surprising fish. The ...

The expedition, which found small communities of Leptoseris corals growing on rocks 125 meters down and the common Staghorn coral (Acropora) at a record 73 meters deep, is part of a global project to ...

nearly 1,000 deep-sea methane seeps were recently discovered near the Pacific Northwest United States). Therefore, identifying whether other critical habitats exist in areas vulnerable to oil ...

In deep water where the state’s Redbird Artificial Reef is located – a collection of 997 subway cars dropped over board to ...

Marine researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have discovered a species of sea squirt that is thought to be new to science. The sea squirt was found off Rakiura ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one ...

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Marcelino, a research assistant professor of environmental microbiology, has been diving ever since, and she’s concerned about the health of one of the world’s primary underwater ecosystems — coral ...

Modern coral reefs — whether deep or shallow — are under attack from a wide range of local and globally distributed anthropogenic factors. Dodge, R. E. & Vaisrys, J. R. Coral populations and ...