31 different multibeam sonar surveys led researchers to discover the extent of a deep-sea coral reef off the southeastern U.S. – the largest ever found. Derek C. Sowers, ...

Here's what you need to know. How big is the newly discovered deep-sea coral reef? The reef stretches from Miami to Charleston, South Carolina, about 100 miles off the southeast U.S. coastline.

Coral reefs need long-term care to help them survive, thrive and maintain their beauty and ecological function. To ensure ...

An alfonsino fish swims above Lophelia pertusa coral off the southeastern coast of the U.S., in June 2019. Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, off the U.S. Atlantic Coast.

Coral reef islands around the world—home to hundreds of thousands of people—may be capable of adapting naturally to sea level rise as the world warms, researchers have suggested.

Researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off the Atlantic coast, but the reef’s size remained a mystery until new technology made it possible to map the ocean floor in 3D.

Despite a high level of endemism, Hawaii’s coral reefs are low in biodiversity compared to the Indo-Pacific region. Hawaii’s number of inshore fish species is estimated to be 680, considerably ...

Conservationist Ying Pemika Choovanichchanon holds a small basket in her hands, careful not to disturb the leathery brown ...

The words "coral reef" evoke a riot of color and life. But the ecosystem's disappearing. Now, new evidence points to an ally for the coral reef: a little creature called the sea cucumber.

The International Coral Reef Initiative, which works to protect the world’s coral, estimated that reefs support $2.7 trillion a year in goods and services, including tourism. Advertising ...

Investigators said divers were unable to remove a huge anchor still blocking sunlight from corals near Thitu Island in the ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some ...