Because they grow in deeper, darker parts of the ocean, deep-sea coral reefs have been significantly understudied compared to their tropical counterparts, but are still key biodiversity hotspots that ...

As demand for critical metals grows, scientists have taken a rare, close look at life on the deep Pacific seabed where mining may soon begin. Over five years and 160 days at sea, researchers ...

Far below the waves of the Pacific, scientists are uncovering a riot of life just as industrial machines line up to scrape the seabed for metals. Hundreds of newly described animals, from delicate ...

Lost millennium of Galapagos deep-sea corals linked to major Pacific climate shift by University of Bristol edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes The GIST ...