New research shows La Niña may have driven the collapse of deep-sea corals in the Galápagos, lasting over 1,000 years.

Scientists have discovered that deep-water corals in the Galapagos region vanished for more than 1,000 years before ...

The coelenterates, corals and their relatives, are very ancient, and in fact may be the oldest metazoans. Proterozoic burrows preserved in the Mackenzie Mountains of Northwest Canada were probably ...

Woolpert is conducting its first fully uncrewed offshore hydrographic survey mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ensuing blowout spewed oil for the next three months, making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The oil ...

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 ...

Recent expeditions in the Pacific, South Atlantic, and off Japan have revealed a wave of deep-sea discoveries, from a crustacean so unique it required a new superfamily to unexpected coral reefs and ...

Learn how a dramatic climate shift in the Pacific may have wiped out an entire underwater ecosystem deep below the Galápagos — and it could happen again. Deep beneath the Galápagos, an entire coral ...