By Keith Anthony Fabro They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from ...

Deep-sea corals are colonial organisms that can live for thousands of years, feeding on organic matter that rains down from the upper levels of the ocean. The corals’ branching, tree-like skeletons ...

Deep-sea coral does not get enough sunlight for this process and must feed entirely using its tentacles. Coral damaged by the oil spill, with a brittle starfish and an anemone attached to it. ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions ...

Soft corals in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank in the Philippine Rise, which are under threat from China, are among ...

Deep-sea coral does not get enough sunlight for this process and must feed entirely using its tentacles. In many cases, the contamination from the spill caused the tissue to slowly slough off the ...