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While mapping the seabed using a remote-controlled vehicle, a group of researchers equipped with laser scanners he discovered two pristine coral reefs in the waters off the coast of the Galápagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, considered one of the main destinations in the world for observing unique animal and plant species and one of the largest marine protected areas in the world.The two barriers, habitats of numerous living species, were most likely formed thousands of years ago.However, studies on coral structures located in deep waters are less widespread than those carried out on more superficial ones.However, the knowledge gathered to date says that the former, despite being colder, darker and deeper than the latter, which thrive thanks to sunlight, they actually host the majority of all coral species and act as a refuge for many animals.Reasons that pushed Stuart Banks, a marine scientist who carries out conservation research in the Galá...