A small team of ichthyologists at the California Academy of Sciences has discovered a new species of damselfish living off ...

Beneath the ocean's surface, simple marine animals called sea sponges grow delicate glass skeletons that are as intricate as they are strong. These natural structures are made of a material called ...

Glowing red lobsters, octopus gardens, towering tree-like corals and glass sponges that are thousands of years old make up ...

When most people think of scuba diving, they imagine the vast, deep blue open ocean, a topical coral reef or perhaps a jungle ...

Sea sponges, such as those of the Microcionidae ... adapted for crunching and pulverizing chunks of algae-coated coral. They digest the algae and excrete the coral as fine sand.

and industry specialists who presented advances in deep-sea coral systems – from the hadal to the mesophotic, and inclusive of sponges – and discussed new ideas to increase understanding of deep-sea ...

A team of scientists from the University of Rochester, along with collaborators from other institutions, has created bioengineered microlenses inspired by the natural properties of sea sponge glass ...

Scientists discover a new species of damselfish, Chromis abadhah, in the deep-sea coral reefs of the Maldives, highlighting ...

If you’re willing to shoot outside the box, Lembeh Strait offers some very nice, “classic coral reef” wide-angle photography ...