Occupying less than 0.1% of the ocean’s sea floor, coral reefs are estimated to be home to nearly a quarter of all marine species. They also provide several human benefits, ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

Although they cover less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs support 25% of all marine creatures. Collectively, they form one of the planet’s most important ecosystems. Their health is in ...

A new iOS game from NASA asks players to identify the coral in 3D images of the ocean floor. Doing so will help train AI to do it automatically. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a ...

Scientists from the University of Technology Sydney are searching for “super corals,” species that are naturally more ...

Imagine diving into a crystal-clear ocean and suddenly coming face-to-face with a bustling metropolis built not by humans, ...

And the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management restricts industry activities near deep corals and funds deep sea coral research. These are useful steps, but nations can only protect what they know ...

Nestled on the ocean floor in Southeast Asia are five sensor-filled boxes that will reveal the future of coral reefs. For the past year, from their secret location, the Bluboxx project has been ...

"Despite covering less than one percent of the ocean floor, coral reefs support approximately 25 percent of all marine life, ...

Sowers said it’s possible that larger deep-sea reefs will be discovered in the future since only about 25% of the world’s ocean floor has been mapped in high-resolution.