Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Treasures in Jeopardy

Read the Full Overview
This map shows where some of the most significant species of deep-sea corals are located.
Photo

Deep-Sea Corals Worldwide

View Image
corals of many colors in the deep sea
Article

Deep Gulf Restoration After a Monumental Oil Spill

Read the Full Article
A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral
Photo

Brittle Star Coral Mutualism

View Image
Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef at left, the deep-sea Oculina reef at right does not require sunlight.
Photo

Shallow and Deep-Sea Coral Reefs

View Image
Scientist Martha Nizinski examines a sample of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa, collected 600-m (1,969-ft) deep off the coast of the southeastern United States.
Photo

Deep-Sea Coral Sample

View Image
Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.
Overview

Deep-sea Corals

Read the Full Overview
A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral
Article

A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

Read the Full Article
A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
Photo

Deep-sea Coral In the Gulf of Mexico

View Image
A sea lion in the Sea of Cortez observes Auster as he observes reef fishes.
Photo

Auster Diving with Sea Lion

View Image
This species of bamboo coral, discovered in 2004 in the Pacific Northwest, has unusually long and impressive tentacles.
Photo

New Bamboo Coral

View Image
After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.
Slideshow

Studying Deep-Sea Corals

See the Full Slideshow