Large pieces of brain coral are washing ashore on Texas beaches, likely due to storms or other underwater disturbances. Brain coral, a slow-growing hard coral, forms important reef habitats in the ...

It’s a natural assumption—and a fair one at that—that every living creature roaming, swimming, or crawling across the Earth ...

Beachcombers along the Texas coast have been encountering an unusual sight—large chunks of Brain Coral washing ashore. These fascinating coral fragments, named for their distinctive maze-like ...

Beneath the shimmering blue surface of our oceans lies a world of color and life so breathtaking it almost feels otherworldly ...

These corals—species with rigid skeletons, such as elkhorn and brain corals—are the architects of these ecosystems, providing the foundations for coral reef communities. Coral reefs perform ...

While the disease has not yet reached Tobago, it has already been confirmed in neighbouring islands, making it “only a matter of time until it arrives.” ...

Researchers affixed five diminutive discs of knobby brain, mountainous star or great star coral to more than 1,100 concrete bases placed throughout the Florida Reef Tract. The hope is that each base’s ...

Sponges are among the simplest animals, lacking a nervous system, brain, and digestive system. They filter water to get ...