The pink sea fans—collected from a wreck off the coast of Teignmouth, south Devon by a team from the University of Exeter—are cared for in the Horniman Aquarium's Project Coral lab, home to ...

In a Cornell-led study, published in the journal Ecological Applications, scientists report evidence of metal pollution creating danger for the soft coral sea fans. "We know warming oceans pose an ...

FORT PIERCE, FL., MARCH 21, 2002 - In what may be the first such attempt, a HARBOR BRANCH marine biologist will take sea fans (a soft coral) that are being grown in captivity, and re-seed them on ...

Urgent effort underway to save coral reefs from rising ocean temperatures off Florida Keys 05:02. After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal ...

Among the coral species found in Puget Sound are Orange Cup, Sea Strawberry, Pale Soft Coral and Sea Fan. Coral structures look like plants, but are actually groups of small, individual animals ...

Deep-sea coral habitats often don’t get the same attention, ... More than 200 species of deep-sea corals have been described on the Blake Plateau, including hard corals, sea fans, ...

For the first time ever, pygmy seahorses have been successfully bred in captivity — and it happened right here in San Francisco. The tiny breeding pair, which according to KQED's “Deep Look” YouTube ...

Gorgonian sea fan To reveal bright colors that would otherwise look monochromatic underwater, Douwma used flashes with her subjects—this one also from West Papua Province, photographed in 2009.

Positioned off Big Pine Key, Looe Key Reef forms part of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, officially established in 1990.Enormous coral ledges and vibrant sea fans create a dazzling ...

Over the years, Cody Clements, a marine ecologist at Georgia Tech, has planted over 10,000 coral fragments across the South Pacific. "You can just break off a branch from a coral, plant it into ...

Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral reefs teeming with life; colorful fish and invertebrates. But something crucial has gone ...

Alex Mustard (UK) shows the biodiversity of a healthy coral reef as ghost gobies swim within the branches of a sea fan. Alex is particularly fond of gobies. These little fish are normally skittish, ...