There are some seriously strange lifeforms lurking in the depths of our oceans – ghost sharks and upside-down isopods, anyone ...

A German-American research team has discovered two highly unusual bacterial species in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from ...

It usually appears as a lesion on the coral that goes on to destroy the soft tissue. SCTLD is particularly severe ...

The scientists say the bizarre underwater creature could be a new type of soft coral or even a sponge or ... The NOAA has been exploring the sea with Okeanos since May. During that time, they ...

But historians aren't sure how deep their knowledge went of ... Slender cardinalfish gleam against a gor- gonian, or sea fan, on a northerly reef. The soft coral’s vivid color likely suggests ...

The reef is a teeming city of hard corals, soft corals, fire corals, lace corals, brain corals, staghorn corals, sea whips ... In scuba gear, 50 feet deep, Heyman and I swam toward a huge ball ...

Intensive seabed trawling may accelerate carbon emissions, as new research reveals its disruptive impact on ocean sediments.

However, nothing prepares you for the overwhelming experience of swimming between the soft coral gardens, towering barrel sponges, and gracefully swaying sea fans while many thousands of fish swim ...

Discovered in the Three Sisters island group by members of the National Geographic Pristine Seas team during their scientific ...

A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals have an extremely small ...

The deep-sea coral Callogorgia delta is often found ... The research team studied several colonies of two soft coral species, Callogorgia delta and Callogorgia Americana, which are found in ...