Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.

In August, an international team of scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute deployed a remotely operated vehicle to explore deep-sea coral reefs off the coast of Uruguay. From a nearby research ...

A surprising mystery has been uncovered off the coastlines of Britain’s Caribbean territories. The first expedition revealed an underwater mountain range, a massive blue hole, and coral ...

- The scientific evidence has been submitted to the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) ...

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 ...

A new species of coral named after the “Star Wars” character Chewbacca was found in waters off Molokai as well as near the Mariana Trench. “Normally the branches are stiff and they stick out from the ...

Hawaiian gold coral in the deep ocean. (Photo credit: HURL) Layers of coral skeleton laid down over the past 1,000 years can be seen in this polished section of a deep sea coral. (Photo by M. McCarthy ...

Scientists observed a sea spider (Colossendeis sp.) eating a sea cucumber (Scotoplanes sp.) during an ROV dive at 884 meters in the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon. These marine arthropods of the ...