{"id":773998,"date":"2026-07-20T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/773998\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:34:11","slug":"underwater-drones-discover-coral-reefs-off-benin-long-presumed-dead-teeming-with-life-phys-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/773998\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life &#8211; Phys.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE9fenI5Vlo5YlVldmRGaWFySVZWbFVVc2o5T3I0UVRVNTNkbEdGUkZxLVItMXhfY1ZpeHJMQWtnak1FNDNBWlNGSjZRbkxZV1M5dEVwLVhmRl9qaVFQRy1hdDZHcmtmTGQ0WkJ3SFhmSnU0ZjJ2U1VLaEN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Phys.org<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNZnNSNzVPd3dSTDV6Mi1oV3NWVWw5MFdHRFB5eXh3TGo2SEZGTUpkdmF3MnRfRUVtT252c2F1TFZSUXEtRHBBTFlCZUdRdEZxaGM5cHY0M2RJdDU4SWFNaGRIUVNyV3BnOTY4NUtjS3AwTy1kMlFDUEZKVmRBV2VTakVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Thriving Coral Reef that \u2018Defeated Time\u2019 in West Africa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Inside Climate News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNQW05RzhWdzljRWFyZk9xZUt0Y21GeUZhRUhIWnV3Q2Q4bmdzWmo3NDBSRWl1QkczYjVLUGRBU29mQWdReDVkOFp4VFg2VlRvbHB6VjJXU2FnTkxfOVVYU1hleUxTaG9TV2hyam9MbzFHUldEWDY5QjhxU0xoSm0zUkx0SF8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coral reef long presumed dead rediscovered &#8220;teeming with life&#8221; off coast of Africa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8gFBVV95cUxQZWVPQUU3RVRoZzM3MU5FdW1oRDBHeEZ0Wk1OM0JvV05xWk54YURCLUJWMkRUR3RnSDlVcF9IVjlIVGVMT3BDeFYyc0EwSkhWSS1hY3NtcHluMUszUF9QYUxxRDdnVTEyOUQyYmRBTWVhalJtdXR5ZlBTNE9HS3lOR1RyeVhKN3FIbG8tclJFM0I4V0tFOEQ5dnBCS3dhWVdvWjFGUjdueHF0aFlTWFBfbGZYcUUxVktfQTRmaFNDSW1hVGt5dlBZdWxSWDlVNkFOdjVyMjAxUm94elVfMTdhWnBWOEVHX2lYUmllMU1qRnRVUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cIt Was a Mix of Excitement and Disbelief\u201d: When Scientists Sent Deep-Sea Rovers to Confirm a 1960s Theory, They Made a Surprising Discovery<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Debrief<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPZUV5aXMxRkw0MWVUT1JVRmpzbzZXWC1oSW5STS1oOE5NNDJaclJxc0xBSkhEN1RFRE92eDVBWmpBMHAtUlZMRm1SOS04SEdBWjlCYWc0V005NTNNLUZ1WkNnbDF0bmdBcDBDRHlUWjBrTHFmWU9PVVhlSGozUjBvT044SHFjcVQzQk4zUlNJeGpiZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It was presumed dead for 60 years. Then scientists sent an underwater drone into the deep and saw this<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Wildlife Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life&nbsp;&nbsp;Phys.orgThe Thriving Coral Reef that \u2018Defeated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-773998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}