A type of stony coral, open brain coral are near threatened due to the reduction of coral reef habitat and harvesting for aquariums. 1 This species of coral is small— less than eight inches ...

Only the upper layer of the coral reef is made up of living corals. While more than 600 species of coral exist, there are two main types of coral: soft and hard (stony) coral.

Some researchers are working on finding and propagating more resistant corals, but that, too, requires us to stop the decline in environmental conditions. We cannot simply turn back the clock and ...

Unlike venomous chemicals that are injected into prey, corals use their chemicals to ward off predators that try to eat them. Since they are made to be eaten, the soft coral chemicals are easily ...

One of the most common types of coral, it’s found all across the Earth’s tropical zone, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Caribbean. A staghorn coral harboring fish.

Responses of the tropical gorgonian coral Eunicea fusca to ocean acidification conditions. Coral Reefs, 2014; DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1241-3 ...

Soft corals, also known as octocorals, are the sea fans and sea plumes one sees waving to and fro in videos of reefs. Their name, octocorals, comes from each polyp having eight tentacles. Like their ...