Unlike coral reefs, which comprise numerous genotypically different colonies, this organism is a single organism made by millions of tiny working polyps. Its magnificent size and long life illustrate ...
Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...
Coral reefs nurture about a quarter of all marine life ... Scientists have long understood this as a general principle. Individually, corals are small polyps, but together they form wall-like ...