By Liz Kimbrough In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip small branches of corals with gloved hands. Their voices ...

researchers have found a glimmer of hope off the coast of the U.S. – the largest-ever deep-sea coral reef. It's been known since the 1960s that there were massive mounds of cold-water coral off ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper ...

is mainly made up of stony coral. The species, Desmophyllum pertusum, is mainly found in the ocean at 656 to 3,280 feet deep. At those depths, water is 39 F on average. Sowers said the cold-water ...

A new study of deep-sea coral reefs indicates that humans ... due to the presence of rayon microfibers in the water and coral samples as well. Why are microplastics in this region important?

An international group of researchers has discovered two “pristine” coral reefs in the ... Unlike shallower, warm-water reefs that thrive on sunlight, deep-water reefs are chilly, dark and ...

The issue has received scant attention until recently. In part, that's because the deep-water coral gardens are well-hidden from public view, too remote for scuba divers to reach, occupying niches ...

The cold-water species is mainly found in the ocean at 656 to 3,280 feet deep and survives by filter-feeding biological particles. Florida's Coral Reef, the only coral reef system in the ...

Mote is also partnering with NOAA and the Department of the Interior to restore deep-water coral habitats damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The gene bank is playing a crucial role in ...

The Blake Plateau cold-water coral province is a vast deep-sea reef habitat about 100 miles southeast of Charleston. At an expansive 6.4 million acres, with a coral-dense center of about 1.5 ...

Hot sea vents and deep-water coral reefs are under-explored and far more accessible, explorers say. The Titanic may be one of the most popular and identifiable wreckage sites in the history of sea ...