60-feet underwater off the coast of Alabama lies a cypress forest - buried under sediment for 60,000 years. Scientists hope that some of the samples discovered there may pioneer medical and biotech ...

“Underwater forest” is not a metaphor — this is a not a coral reef or a sea grass bed that resembles surface woodlands but bona fide trees with roots and leaves. For thousands of years, this cypress ...

The artist behind the world’s first underwater sculpture park has just unveiled his latest subaquatic project – a spectacular sunken forest located off the coast of Pernera beach in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

Scientists discovered a species off the Alabama coast that is part of group of mussels never before seen at such shallow depths. By Veronique Greenwood The creature was tiny, about the size and color ...

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — It was 6 a.m. at the dock on a Tuesday in December, and the weather did not look promising. Fog hovered over the water, and the engine of the Research Vessel E.O. Wilson rumbled ...

A fantastical underwater forest has sprouted off the coast of Pernera beach in southeast Cyprus. Dubbed the Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa (MUSAN), the attraction opened to the public on ...

U.S. Sen Tommy Tuberville has introduced legislation that would preserve a trove of fossilized cypress trees as a National Marine Sanctuary. A bill that would designate the Underwater Forest, which is ...

Bringing to mind the natural underwater forest discovered off the English coast several years ago, MUSAN is situated in the clear Mediterranean waters off the coast of Ayia Napa and consists of a ...

Environmental activist and artist Jason deCaires Taylor specializes in site-specific sculptural artwork that’s installed permanently underwater and reflects modern themes of conservation. The artist’s ...