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

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

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

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an unnamed seamount. Despite never appearing on a chart, this underwater forest has ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, ...

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 ...

Researchers at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, have been exploring this hidden world for years. Using ...

In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ensuing blowout spewed oil for the next three months, making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The oil ...

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 ...

Scientists observed a sea spider (Colossendeis sp.) eating a sea cucumber (Scotoplanes sp.) during an ROV dive at 884 meters in the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon. These marine arthropods of the ...