Vulnerable deep-sea habitats will be mapped with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) in a study made possible by a £2m ...

Exploring the deep ocean comes with the chance to encounter all kinds of weird and wonderful species. You could come face to ...

Scientists have discovered two new spooky sea creatures living hundreds of metres under the ocean. Find out more here.

While it’s not helping fly the Millennium Falcon, marine biologists have discovered a new type of deep-sea coral in the western Pacific Ocean that bears a striking similarity to a certain beloved Star ...

A 2022 deep-sea voyage discovered a glowing shark and a delicate, porcelain crab species off the coast of Western Australia.

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 ...

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 ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

Deep-sea corals are incredibly useful for conducting scientific investigations and raising public awareness. Geologists, biologists, ecologists, chemists, geneticists, historians and marine managers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...