Scientists found a free-living coral species actively travels toward blue light resembling its natural habitat and moves like ...

While a coral reef is a complex ecosystem formed by multiple coral colonies, this one is a vast network of interconnected coral polyps. The new coral belongs to the species Pavona clavus.

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

Blue Planet II is available to stream on Discovery Plus. This 2017 Netflix documentary follows a team of scientists ...

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns ...

The reef areas where C ... with the farthest coral traveling only 8 millimeters (0.3 inches). When competing fields of blue and white light were presented together, all corals moved toward ...