A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in understanding the adaptive strategies of the deep-sea black coral ...

The coelenterates, corals and their relatives, are very ancient, and in fact may be the oldest metazoans. Proterozoic burrows preserved in the Mackenzie Mountains of Northwest Canada were probably ...

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 from ...

A research team led by Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Chair Professor of the Department of Ocean Science at The Hong Kong University of ...

Hawaiian gold coral in the deep ocean. (Photo credit: HURL) Layers of coral skeleton laid down over the past 1,000 years can be seen in this polished section of a deep sea coral. (Photo by M. McCarthy ...

Saturday is World Reef Awareness Day, and many of my colleagues and I are calling for President Joe Biden to protect the deep-sea coral treasures of the Southeast — the more than 80,000 coral mounds ...

A recent study suggests that deep-sea corals from 540 million years ago might have been the first animals to glow. Marine creatures use light for various purposes, such as startling predators, luring ...

The deep-sea coral Callogorgia delta is often found in the Gulf of Mexico near cold seeps. The pink-coloured brittle stars are probably useful for the corals. The photo was taken at a depth of 439 ...

Deepwater coral specialist Andrea Quattrini’s new paper pins the origin of bioluminescence in corals to more than 500 million years ago Naomi Greenberg Andrea Quattrini shows off her favorite coral in ...

This image provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in April 2024 shows bioluminescence in the sea whip coral Funiculina sp. observed under red light in a laboratory. Most animals that ...

By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

We’re used to seeing the Star Wars universe revolve around the infinite expanse of outer space. However, the franchise’s widely-recognizable Chewbacca goes subaquatic as a team of researchers ...