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Virtually off-the-grid for global travelers just two decades ago, Indonesia’s eastern islands have become a hot ticket for ...

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

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Capturing the first underwater color photographs was no mean feat and involved powerful explosives as well as hours and hours of waiting.

With its year-round sun and excellent visibility, the waters of the Caribbean offer some of the best scuba diving in the world.

THE seismic jolt that unleashed the deadly Solomons tsunami last week lifted an entire island metres out of the sea, destroying pristine coral reefs. In an instant last Monday's 8.0-magnitude ...

In 2022, scientists involved in a deep-sea voyage on CSIRO’s research vessel RV Investigator explored the waters off Western Australia. What they found is a reminder that the ocean floor still holds ...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new species of deep-sea coral was discovered a team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Scientists named the species Chewbacca ...