Calif. Scientists Find New Coral Species
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Scientists have discovered a new species of brushy coral that flames like a white and pink Christmas tree hundreds of feet below the Channel Islands.
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U.S. scientists say healthy coral reefs provide adjacent coastlines with more protection from tsunamis than do unhealthy or dead reefs.
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Smithsonian scientists have discovered a biodiversity bounty in the Eastern Pacific -- approximately 50 percent of the organisms found in some groups are new to science. The research team spent 11 days in the Eastern Pacific, a unique, understudied region off the coast of Panama.
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Researchers discover spectacular fish and coral in a hugely biodiverse region of the Indonesian archipelago.
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Researchers are undertaking a mammoth effort to observe oceanic life using fiber optics and the Internet.
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A new ocean science program dedicated to studying and explaining the world's oceans is the latest offering from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
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A survey of the world's oceans is turning up more than two new species of fish a week and revealing huge trans-ocean migration routes by creatures from turtles to tuna, scientists say.
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Nature News, JAKARTA - Monster cockroaches and dwarf crabs are among a rich and exotic menagerie of new species discovered by a team of international scientists exploring caves deep inside Indonesiaâs teeming jungles.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Two new invasive species have recently been found along the South Carolina coast - a massive barnacle that dwarfs those found in the state as well as the Asian green mussel, which reproduces quickly and can pose a threat to floating docks.
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Rising sea temperatures will boost coral growth, according to Australian research that flies in the face of predictions that climate change could spell death for the world&#39;s coral reefs.
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Researchers working off coastal Georgia have discovered what could be three new species of bottom-dwelling creatures known as sea squirts.
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Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo since 2005, including a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its belly to help it stick to rocks, WWF International said Tuesday.
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Tiny single-celled organisms, many of them previously unknown to science, have been found at the deepest point in the world's oceans, almost 11km down.
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Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
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SYDNEY: Australian scientists who found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 13,000 years ago on an Indonesian island yesterday said they expect to discover more new species of hominids on neighbouring islands.
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Neuroscientists use coral and jellyfish DNA to create colorful arrays of neuronal connections in mouse brains.
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Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday.