A Ph.D. candidate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla found a rare deep-sea oarfish washed ashore last ...

Corals are vital for the marine creatures that rely on them for food and shelter, but also for humans. They are an indirect ...

Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major ...

Visible from space, the mega coral is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, is believed to be about 300 years old, storing a record of ocean conditions from past centuries.

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