The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center partnered with Erinn Muller, a research representative on Florida Keys National ...
Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and ...
It is a rare privilege to see a coral spawn: the process happens just once a year ... Dr Jamie Craggs’ pioneering research into coral reproduction is giving hope for the future of these ...
The State Fisheries Department has planned to install artificial coral reefs in 39 locations across two fishing villages in ...
When it comes time to migrate, QUT research has found how a free-living coral ignores the classic advice and goes straight towards the light.
a process where the coral inflates and deflates its tissue in rhythmic bursts to propel itself forward, like the movement seen in jellyfish. The mechanism appears to be a widespread strategy for ...
A free-living coral species defies traditional coral behavior by actively migrating toward light using a strategy reminiscent ...
QUT researchers discovered that Cycloseris cyclolites, a free-living mushroom coral, uses jellyfish-like pulsed inflation to migrate toward optimal light conditions, particularly blue light. This ...
Now, to keep Florida’s reef alive, scientists have to breed corals almost entirely in labs on land, where the water is clean ...