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1,000 Feet Deep, New Haven For Rare Corals

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 1:02 PM

A federal panel has protected 23,000 square miles of deepwater corals, believed to be the world's largest such ecosystem, off the coast of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida

New Species Discovered On Whale Skeletons

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 12:57 PM

When a whale dies, it sinks to the seafloor and becomes food for an entire ecosystem. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered previously unknown species that feed only on dead whales

Vote For "Fish Of The Year" In The Epson Red Sea 2009 Competition

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 12:57 AM

Vote for your favorite fish nominee for fish of the year in the Epson Red Sea 2009 Competition

Rare Black Coral Found In Italy

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 12:49 AM

Italian researchers said on Thursday they had found one of the largest forests of rare black coral in the world off southern Italy and a related coral species never before studied in its natural habitat

Sea Levels Rose Two Feet Higher Than Predicted In East Coast

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 15, 2009 10:29 AM

Sea levels rose as much as 2 feet (60 centimeters) higher than predicted this summer along the U.S. East Coast, surprising scientists who forecast such periodic fluctuations

Protecting Whales From Whale Watchers

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 14, 2009 6:41 PM

NOAA Fisheries Service has teamed with private industry and conservation groups to try to protect whales from whale-watch boats

Barcoding Endangered Sea Turtles

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 14, 2009 6:35 PM

Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes.

Three New Coral Species Discovered In The Galapagos

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 12, 2009 10:51 AM

Scientists have discovered three new coral species - and one that was thought to be extinct - in an extensive survey of reefs around the Galapagos Islands

Deep Sea Robot Monitors Climate Change

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 12, 2009 10:48 AM

A new robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the California coast

Are Killer Whales Yelling?

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 11, 2009 10:42 AM

Killer whales raise their voices to be heard over boat noise, and the effort may be wearing the whales out as they try to find food amid dwindling numbers of salmon, new research says

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