Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...

Time-lapse video shows how a mushroom coral polyp pulses and inflates, flinging its soft body into micro-hops to slowly move itself to a new location.

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Anna Lintern has previously received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Victorian State Government. She is an unpaid volunteer for her federal Independent MP's office. Danlu Guo ...

Coral reefs are complex underwater ecosystems formed primarily by colonies of tiny marine animals known as coral polyps. These polyps secrete calcium carbonate, creating hard exoskeletons that ...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres along the coast of Queensland, Australia. Made up of nearly 3,000 reefs and 900 islands, it is a ...

Those polyps clone themselves over and over again, eventually forming larger coral colonies that build reefs. That’s how typical reef-building corals, like the iconic elkhorn and staghorn species, ...

Those polyps clone themselves over and over again, eventually forming larger coral colonies that build reefs. That’s how typical reef-building corals, like the iconic elkhorn and staghorn ...

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Volunteer with a coral restoration project to help build vital habitats for marine life while vacationing in Costa Rica along Peninsula Papagayo. ByWendy Altschuler, Contributor. Wendy Altschuler ...

Coral reefs are formed by tiny organisms called polyps. Scientists have discovered that deep-sea black corals found off the coast of Hawaii are the longest-living. Inhabiting the coastal waters ...

Coral reefs are marine structures created by calcifying coral animals and their algal symbionts. Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas ...