Instead of banding together to build coral reefs, mushroom corals typically live alone. From the outside, these corals (within the family Fungiidae) look like shaggy round mushroom caps that fell ...

With time-lapse video, scientists show how tiny mushroom corals can move themselves to influence their fate. Trilobites With time-lapse video, scientists show how tiny mushroom corals can move ...

The mechanism behind the movement of a free-living coral that moves towards the light has been finally decoded. Cycloseris cyclolites, a free-living mushroom coral species, responds to specific ...

Subscribe for FREE “However, the lifestyle of these mobile corals, including how they move and navigate for migration, remains largely obscure.” Cycloseris cyclolites is an adorably small free-living ...

But not all coral species want to be tied down forever; according to the The New York Times, adult mushroom corals “walk” to new destinations, and experts are now closer to understanding how ...

A new study has found that the free-living mushroom coral responds to specific types of light by “walking” towards it, suggesting remarkable adaptability in the marine species. Not all corals ...