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.

"This is not the first time that MPs [microplastics] have been found in coral skeletons; however, it is the first time that ...

and it is this skeleton that becomes the foundation of coral reef ecosystems. Coral colonies can be either dieocious or hermaphroditic and can also reproduce asexually through fragmentation and ...

Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons - like trees - contain potentially long term records of climate. Aa Aa Aa Corals reefs are communities of organisms in which corals ...

Record-breaking 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, a new ...

Museum coral researcher Dr Ken Johnson explains the significance of the specimens: ‘Darwin collected the corals to demonstrate how the foundations of the atoll were built up by the skeletons of corals ...

This weakens the coral skeleton which become fragile and they are rapidly overgrown by seaweed. Climate change is increasing both the number of calm days and sea temperature at certain reefs and ...

Some coral species monitored had a mortality rate of 95%, with researchers observing the start of “colony collapse” where the dead skeleton detaches from the reef and turns to rubble.