This underwater alliance between octopus and fish tends to pay off for both. Learn why the relationship works.

But there’s another, lesser-known and understudied kind of coral that’s completely solitary. And some of these animals, known as mushroom corals, can walk. “They’re very little,” said Brett Lewis, a ...

Certain creatures like the black corals and tuatara have been thriving on Earth since centuries. In the animal kingdom, most of the longest-living species are found in the oceans.

Coral reefs are marine structures created by calcifying coral animals and their algal symbionts. Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas ...

In it, 30 colonies of coral from 10 different species rescued ... Corals are misunderstood animals, Newell says. She wants people to get to know them better while they're at the zoo.

Tails are wagging at the Cape Coral Animal Shelter. The nonprofit, no-kill shelter and veterinary clinic received a $1.5 million grant from the Golisano Foundation. It will go toward a major ...

But what exactly is coral bleaching, and why is this so damaging? We’ll explain everything you need to know, in a nutshell… Corals are tiny animals called a ‘polyps’, that typically live in large ...