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

Most Corals Don't Move; Researchers Find 'Moving' Corals Attracted Toward a Particular Light Recent research shows that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Corals might appear stationary, but different species are capable of moving more than just their branches. In a new study, the mushroom coral Cycloseris cyclolites has been recorded navigating ...

Cycloseris cyclolites is an adorably small free-living species of mushroom coral capable of migrating to different reef habitats, often driven by the search for optimal light conditions.

Corals aren’t necessarily known for their fancy footwork — or even having feet. But scientists have observed a free-living mushroom coral, Cycloseris cyclolites, actively “walking” toward ...