Coral curator Christina Jayne discusses how coral pyramids will be outplanted at two sites as a restoration and enhancement ...

While all scleractinian corals deposit calcium carbonate skeletons, not all stony corals grow large enough to build reef structures. In the tropics, hermatypic, or reef building corals ...

Discover why these fabulous, easy to grow, shade tolerant coral bells varieties are some of the best-kept secrets in the ...

Coral restoration practitioners and environmental enthusiasts recently marked the fifth anniversary of the Florida Keys ...

In the tropical waters off the coast of Indonesia, a free-swimming coral larva attaches itself to an underwater rock and starts to grow. The larva grows into a coral polyp, then a colony that ...

science writer Christina Larson and video journalist Kathy Young came back with the astounding narrative of underwater nurseries where islanders are growing coral by hand, branch by branch on ...

Manzello’s team also noted that slow-growing, mounded corals are more resilient to heat damage than fast-growing, branching corals, findings that have been echoed in other studies. “The massive corals ...

Like its name suggests, staghorn coral is a species of coral that looks a bit like the antlers of a male deer. Capable of growing into thickets up to five feet high and more than 30 feet across ...

It takes around 15 years for relatively fast-growing corals to recover from a significant disturbance like bleaching or a cyclone, Connolly explained. "There just won't be time for reefs to ...

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