The Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia, once home to a massive ancient ocean, hides many mysteries. It stretches for over a thousand kilometers and is now a scrubby desert on limestone bedrock. Recent discovery tries to shed light upon the ...

Half a billion people are relying on coral reefs for food. This can only mean that the marine creatures are astonishingly important for the environment. Corals are fascinating, but they still provide surprises for researchers. According to Gizmodo, a roughly ...

Coral reefs are best known to reside in Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef, but that’s not entirely true.  Over 5,000 species (cold-water corals) in the deep and dark regions of the world’s oceans are ready to be discovered. Cold-water corals ...