Mysteries of the Red Sea

Beneath the desert sun lies one of Earth’s last great frontiers: the Red Sea. Still forming as Africa and Arabia drift apart, it is the youngest sea on the planet — and one of the least explored. Now, in partnership with OceanX, the team behind James Cameron’s Disney+ series OceanXplorers, this premium documentary takes viewers on an extraordinary journey from coral mazes to abyssal depths.

With state-of-the-art submersibles, the expedition reveals “super corals” thriving in extreme heat that may hold the key to saving reefs worldwide, rare animal behaviors like dolphins self-medicating with coral, and alien environments such as brine pools and mineral chimneys where life survives without sunlight. Along the way, scientists uncover a massive submarine landslide fault — a geological scar with the power to trigger future tsunamis. Visually stunning and scientifically groundbreaking, Mysteries of the Red Sea shows how life survives at the very edge, and why this sea holds vital lessons for our planet’s future.