Scientists spotted fish, crabs, shrimp and other marine creatures using the coral for shelter and breeding. At about 112 feet wide, 105 feet long and 18 feet tall, the coral is enormous.

Capable of growing into thickets up to five feet high and more than 30 feet across, staghorn corals produce long, cylindrical branches out of bases anchored to the ocean floor. Staghorn corals can ...

Lewis recently put inch-long mushroom corals through an experiment. ‘Periodic pulses’ by the coral helped it move, but very, very slowly.CreditCredit...Lewis et al., 2025, PLOS One One side of ...

Caption Extensive loss of branching corals and changes in coral community structure in Australia's Palm Islands region over the past century has been revealed in a new study. Dr Tara Clark of The ...

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 ...

A diversity of bamboo corals and golden corals in the central ... the researchers said the fact that it has been retained for so long highlights how important this form of communication has ...