Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its flexible arms stiffen. A research team led by University of Pennsylvania ...

Doctoral student Chenhao Hu holds up a 3D-printed model of a sclerite, the tiny mineral particles that make up the coral's skeleton and whose unique shape allows the organism to tune its own stiffness ...

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

A scuba diver until age 79, Georgette Apol Douwma photographed reefs around the world and then transformed her images into dazzling kaleidoscopic designs. Photographer Georgette Apol Douwma’s ...

Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its flexible arms stiffen, like Marvel's Mr. Fantastic warding off a foe. Now, ...

Every reef has its own personality, but a few stand out with good reason. While the Great Barrier Reef is undeniably a world-class dive experience, other coral reefs do a spectacular job illustrating ...

There’s no filter that can outshine the Caribbean. Every shade of turquoise, every curve of palm tree, every flash of sunset ...

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