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 ...

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 ...

Jacques Cousteau's Grandson Wants to Save the Ocean Floor With Synthetic Coral Reefs The Cousteau family extends its legacy of marine conservation with a little help from 3D printing. By Lara ...

When the ocean gets warmer, coral reefs kick out the tiny algae living in them, which give them color and food, making them turn white. The Coral Reef Watch by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Scientists are moving coral from the ocean to indoor nurseries in an attempt to save them from superheated seawater, after ocean temperatures in the Gulf exceeded 100 degrees.

Species in the Northwest Atlantic, like this red tree coral, are threatened by ocean acidification, which may be causing the dissolution of the sea floor. 2014 Bigelow-ROPOS US-Canada Gulf of ...

Scientists have filmed two colonies of coral competing against each other. The footage was recorded using a new microscope developed to be used on the ocean floor. Credit: Jaffe Lab for Underwater ...

Similar openings on the sea floor were first spotted 18 years ago along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their origins remain unknown. Scientists are asking the public for their thoughts.

And to date, just 15 percent of the ocean floor has been mapped. The result is that the deep sea hosts many creatures that are unknown or not well understood to science.

Researchers with NOAA’s Ocean Exploration discovered the golden orb-like organism while operating a remote-controlled submarine off the coast of Alaska at a depth of roughly two miles on Aug. 30.

When many people hear the word “biodiversity,” they immediately think of tropical rainforests, or coral reefs; but as this picture demonstrates, biodiversity is a concept that ought to be more ...