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 ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the world of marine biology has occurred thanks to an unexpected team of researchers-Tiger sharks. Using innovative technology, a group of scientists attached cameras to ...

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 forest of cypress trees that once grew on the banks of a river off Alabama’s coast in Mobile Bay has been buried under sediment for nearly 60,000 years. Scientists studying the wood from the forest ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Nearly 60,000 years ago, as prehistoric ...

If salvage companies get their way, an underwater forest of 50,000-year-old trees only recently discovered could be destroyed to make high-end coffee tables. The primeval underwater forest, long ...

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.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduced legislation Thursday that would designate the Alabama Underwater Forest as a National Marine Sanctuary, weeks after the House of Representatives passed a similar ...

Undulating meadows of seagrass beneath the Hudson River are key indicators of the waterway’s health — but the dense underwater fields have shrunk by more than 40% over the past two decades. The New ...

“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 ...