The authors studied the development of mesentery borders in the rice coral Montipora, a new experimental system, to complement existing data from the sea anemone Nematostella. They make a solid case ...

The 'Reef Adapt' ... Researchers Use the Sounds of Healthy Coral Reefs to Encourage Growth of a New Species of Coral Larvae Oct. 23, 2024 — Healthy coral reefs echo with a chorus of grunts and ...

Visible from space, this titanic colony is home to nearly one billion coral polyps. These tiny, genetically identical organisms work together to form a single entity capable of surviving in an ...

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A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that ...

Coral bleaching events have become more frequent in recent years due to the impact of widespread marine heatwaves. The Coral Reef Watch (CRW) program, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

WE FOUND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALMOST ONE SINGLE POLYP AND THAT WILL REGENERATE AND WILLFUL CORAL. EVENTUALLY THOSE THE CORALS, WE WANT TO GROW IN PLANT BUILD THE RE FOR TOMORROW. WHILE THERE'S BEEN ...

and they metamorphose into the [mature coral] polyp.” To survive that process, those larvae need energy—much of which comes from photosynthetic algae symbionts that live inside the coral cells.

Coral polyps are the individual animals that collectively form a coral colony. Within each polyp lies a central mouth, encircled by tentacles armed with stinging cells. (Photo courtesy Dan Mele) On ...

Marine researchers have identified an enormous coral in the South Pacific that surpasses the length of a blue whale. This ...