When Palacio and her team examined coral reefs after the 2015–2016 heat wave, they found that particular corals called Pocillopora —the main reef-building coral species in the eastern tropical Pacific ...

Even when we think we know everything, or that we think we have a grasp on what species occur in our environment, we don’t,” ...

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 ...

An individual coral is a polyp. It’s a very small and simple creature consisting mostly of a stomach topped by a mouth, a bit like a hungry toddler. Corals take a very long time to grow.

Most corals are colonial animals - superorganisms comprising lots of smaller organisms - made up of multitudes sea anemone-like coral polyps. In the reef-building "hard corals", the polyps sit in ...

It must appear ungracious to question a theory that accords so completely with the natural history of coral islands, but even this theory requires a geological concession, and that is stability.

Twenty-nine of Darwin's coral specimens were donated to the natural history collections of the British Museum in 1841, which later formed the independent Natural History Museum. To hear more from Dr ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

Such advancements could help restore isolated coral populations and counteract natural sperm limitations in the wild. Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems on the ...