The Kumulipo (Hawaiian creation chant) states that life began with the coral polyp and as more life was born, it became more and more complex. It is believed that coral is an akua, or deity, that may ...

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

This summer, it was all over the media. Driven by the climate crisis, the oceans have now also passed a critical point: The ...

How well ocean reefs recover from the growing damage caused by warming sea temperatures depends both on how much the tiny coral polyps can eat, and how healthy they can keep the microscopic algae that ...

Corals may have unexpected allies in improving their health and resilience. Corals may have unexpected allies in improving their health and resilience. In a new study published today in Proceedings of ...

Coral reefs are made up mostly of coral colonies like these. Corals are live animals made up of a colony of individual "polyps." Each polyp produces a hard skeleton in a cuplike shape for protection ...

Marine scientists are getting an up-close view of never-before-seen coral sea life thanks to a newly-developed microscopic imaging system built for underwater use. The diver-operated microscope from ...

The Ancient Foundation - A Story Spanning Hundreds of Millennia The Great Barrier Reef story begins much earlier than most people realize. There is evidence that the Great Barrier Reef is around ...

The world’s largest coral has been found in the Solomon Islands, a remote nation made up of hundreds of small islands in the South Pacific. The coral measures 111 feet wide, 101 feet long, and nearly ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Watch this coral wave its hands in the air like it just don’t care! But actually, it probably ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – How well ocean reefs recover from the growing damage caused by warming sea temperatures depends both on how much the tiny coral polyps can eat, and how healthy they can keep the ...