"It's such an unexplored area." Scientists discover over 100 new species deep below Australian sea: 'We need to understand … ...

These incredible corals form what may be one of the world’s largest reef systems—and researchers have a plan to restore it ...

More than 100 deep-sea creatures discovered in Coral Sea - Marine species were found by researchers onboard research vessel ...

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 ...

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights into how the animals may fare in the future Jack Tamisiea A colony of ...

A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and explored a sunken warship. By Popular Science Team Published Oct 4, 2025 10:00 AM ...

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 ...

In 2024, researchers made a groundbreaking discovery in the Pacific Ocean's Clarion-Clipperton Zone, finding that oxygen increased over two days to more than three times the background concentration ...

Fishermen call it the "Hell Hole," this place of whistling winds and smashing waves in the north Atlantic Ocean. Above a chasm in the Northeast Channel, which runs between the submerged Georges and ...

We have a new state in this country! Welcome number 53. It’s called “The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States” Of course, it’s not a state, really, in the Nunavut sense of the word.