Crucial habitats in underwater ecosystems, and harbingers of the damage inflicted by global warming on the world’s oceans, coral reefs epitomize the beauty—and the fragility—of marine life. But ...
“Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet.” Corals are marine invertebrates that live in communities of hundreds to thousands of identical, individual soft-bodied polyps. Each ...
Our Planet, the incredible new documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, explores the beauty of life on Earth and highlights the threats that we pose to it. In the coastal seas episode, ...
Coral reefs are made up of colonies of hundreds to thousands of tiny individual corals, called polyps. These marine invertebrate animals have hard exoskeletons made of calcium carbonate, and are ...
One square metre of coral reef contains as many different types ... and let the ensuing polyps grow to a certain size and strength in artificial conditions before replanting them on struggling ...
tiny animals called polyps Sarah Kuta From the busy cities to ocean waters, our need to illuminate the world has had some strange and tragic consequences Brian Handwerk A new “health check ...