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,” ...

The connection between polyps allows for the sharing of nutrients. Beneath the soft bodies of scleractinian, or stony corals, polyps secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton, and it is this skeleton ...

Time-lapse video shows how a mushroom coral polyp pulses and inflates, flinging its soft body into micro-hops to slowly move itself to a new location.

A recent survey of some areas of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suggested that more than a third of the corals in the region might have died, leaving a marine graveyard behind. “The soft ...

Rocky outcrops (primarily basalt) are found in the shallow coastal waters off the Kollam coast. These underwater rocky reefs ...

are estimated to host approximately 210 species of hard corals and 120 species of soft corals. The reefs are surprisingly resilient, at a time when globally, these environments are under serious ...