After being presumed extinct for sixty years, a remarkable coral reef off West Africa has been rediscovered, thriving with an array of fish and coral species. This vibrant mesophotic coral ecosystem ...
More than 200 meters beneath the surface of the South Atlantic, where sunlight fades to nothing and water temperatures hover just above freezing, a remotely operated vehicle glided over a landscape ...
A deep-ocean coral reef presumed dead for nearly 60 years off the coast of Benin was recently rediscovered and is teeming ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image © 2025 by ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 A ...
A coral reef, missing and presumed dead, has been found alive and well off the coast of Benin. Surveys in the 1960s, focused on identifying promising fishing areas, flagged a possible deep-water coral ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute An expedition in the South Atlantic went looking for cold seeps and wound up mapping a vast ...
A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and explored a sunken warship. By Popular Science Team Published Oct 4, 2025 10:00 AM ...
Gérard Zinzindohoué. Researchers used sonar and underwater imaging systems to locate a mesophotic coral garden that ...
Marine researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have discovered a species of sea squirt that is thought to be new to science. The sea squirt was found off Rakiura Stewart ...
In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways Christian Elliott A variety of marine creatures and unique features can be found in the ...
When we think of marine life, we usually picture colourful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other critters. The ocean that comes to mind is the one touched by sunlight.