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Coral reef presumed dead for 60 years found alive off West Africa

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As of September 2026: Provided the Deep Sea Camera System used to film the reef

In 1963, fishing surveys off the coast of Benin picked up a sign of coral deep below the surface. Researchers wrote it off as dead and never looked again.

Updated Sep 15