When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council will consider Thursday choosing among several areas off Monterey Bay to protect in order to restore and preserve deep-sea corals that create habitat for sea ...

A University of Sydney study reveals that sponge-dwelling bacteria break down toxic ammonia and dead algae to sustain life in the abyss.

Hundreds of meters below the Atlantic’s surface, off the coast of the southeastern United States, sonar pulses bounced off ...

Deep beneath the ocean surface, where sunlight never reaches and food is scarce, vast gardens of deep-sea sponges are quietly ...

New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...

Submarine canyons stretching more than 150 kilometres. Ancient coral forests, with colonies more than a century old. Vast sea pen fields and deep-sea ecosystems few Canadians have ever seen. These are ...

Deep-sea coral restoration and research sites are being proposed to protect deep-sea habitats from bottom fishing gear in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. “Throughout the world, we’ve been ...

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It’s just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach of the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. The life that does survive in ...

The deep sea, encompassing the bathyal, abyssal and hadal realms, represents Earth’s largest biome and plays a pivotal role in global biogeochemical cycling, carbon sequestration and biodiversity ...

Therefore, it is no surprise that people have found some truly strange things when exploring them. From ancient statues to ...