The staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, can form dense monotypic stands along the reef crest. The thin branches of A. cervicornis aid the coral in asexual reproduction, with branches breaking ...

Capable of growing into thickets up to five feet high and more than 30 feet across, staghorn corals produce long, cylindrical branches out ... down wide swaths of coral reef.

New research reveals the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrates that thousands of ...

This new insight offers valuable guidance for coral restoration efforts ... support to reefs and habitat for many reef species due to their complex branch-like shape. According to a NOAA ...

Home to silky sharks, myriad fish, and the critically endangered elkhorn coral, the reef teems with life and ... jostle for space among the broad branches, as if in a game of musical chairs.

This is how land is born in the depths of the sea. The Miraculous Reef Among the branches of staghorn coral, with branches reaching upwards toward the sunlight, plankton swirl and squirm in the ...

Weighing more than 300 kilogrammes, the giant Turbinaria bifrons was collected from Shark Bay Reef, off the coast ... layers and branches. 'A great number of animals would have lived or been ...

Coral curator Christina Jayne discusses how coral pyramids will be outplanted at two sites as a restoration and enhancement method to help Oʻahu's reefs.

The coral fragment from the seafloor off the coast of the resort Siyam World Maldives in the Noonu Atoll had a stark contrast. One inch of the coral’s light brown tips was bumpy with living ...