A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that ...

Staying Climate Ready can be as simple or as complicated as keeping up with the ecosystems around us. The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is taking us about 138 steps closer--that's ...

Corals in the mesophotic zone, found in deep water with minimal light, prove that not much light is needed to survive. This photo was taken in the Auau Channel between Maui and Lanai between 2010 ...

In their paper published in the journal ZooKeys, the group describes how they found multiple examples of the fish while on an expedition that involved exploring deep-sea coral reefs off the coast ...

There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral, covering ...

Scientists are surveying a rare deep water coral reef off the coast of Scotland to see if it has recovered following years of trawler damage. Known as the Darwin Mounds, the corals were discovered ...

The coral provides the algae with protection, while the algae provides the coral — a living animal — with oxygen and food. Rising water temperatures and ocean acidification, two results of climate ...

is nurturing more than 120 rescued local coral fragments, which will be deployed on Middle Island in Deep Water Bay. There, the project aims to rebuild 20 square metres of reefs in three years.