New and dramatic species of coral and sponges have been found in the Pacific during deep sea dives near the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, scientists said Monday. IE 11 is not supported.

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

Corals and sponges are important marine habitat features, supporting fish populations and other sea life. Already vulnerable to the warming conditions caused by climate change and acidification ...

Until now, it was unknown whether healthy, deep-sea corals produce a particular type of reactive oxygen species (ROS) known for influencing ocean ecology and organisms’ physiology. A new study reveals ...

Researchers have previously found that plastic can not only "suffocate and kill the corals, sponges and other invertebrates," says Pinheiro, but also increase the likelihood of a coral getting a ...

Even so, he cautions, the hooks could snag on corals and sponges on the seafloor. Beyond Greenland, Roberts said that in Norway, another country heavily reliant on the fishing industry, ...