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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’re used to seeing the Star Wars universe revolve around the infinite expanse of outer space. However, the franchise’s ...

For Les Watling, ecologist and professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the name for a new species of deep-sea coral—Iridogorgia chewbacca—was intuitive from the start. Everyone who ...

In an exciting fusion of science and creativity, marine biologists have identified a new deep-sea coral species named Iridogorgia chewbacca. Native to the tropical western Pacific Ocean, this coral ...

6% of the planet's oceanic area, yet houses 76% of all known coral species in the world. This massive marine region spans approximately six million square kilometers across the western Pacific Ocean, ...

Pandemic killed off sea urchins in the Red Sea Linked to pathogen which kills fast and violently Sea urchins feed on algae that block out sun if unchecked Researchers warn pandemic heading towards ...

The deep-sea coral Callogorgia delta is often found in the Gulf of Mexico near cold seeps. The pink-coloured brittle stars are probably useful for the corals. The photo was taken at a depth of 439 ...

South of Tampa Bay, in Florida, wedged between a quiet neighborhood and a mangrove forest, custom-designed aquariums are home to thousands of sea-urchin larvae that tumble and drift through the water.

Marine scientists compiling the most holistic “snapshot” of Thailand’s coral reefs to date have uncovered evidence of a long-suspected reality: Thailand’s coral reefs are losing structural complexity.

(CNN) — The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures that threaten to push the coral reef “past the point of recovery,” ...

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 ...