Major conservation organizations today called for a moratorium on bottom trawling in the high seas to protect seamounts, cold-water corals, and other vulnerable deep-sea habitats. Queenstown, New ...

"Deep sea ecosystems like cold-water coral reefs can be destroyed by a single trawl," added Matthew Gianni. "It is time that the international community takes action before they are completely wiped ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

The corals are found in shallow ... with threats including fishing activity, especially bottom trawling, deep sea mining, ...

A pair of marine scientists at the University of Antwerp, in Belgium, working with a colleague from the University of Otago, ...

Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian and Schmidt Ocean Institute via Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. Trawling in the South ...

Greenpeace had offered to survey the site for free, using deep sea cameras during an already planned expedition to survey ...

This field, and the methods of work of my deep-sea trawling seemed well adapted to ... It was covered with a magnificent coral reef growth—waving banners of seaweed, long, tubular sponges ...

Scientists have discovered two new deep-sea coral reefs located in the Galápagos Marine Reserve that have remained pristine and untouched by human explorers. These reefs are the second discovery ...

Deep beneath the South China Sea ... in China have studied organic compounds particular to a South China Sea coral for their mild toxicity against certain types of cancer cells and also for ...