The experiments readily showed, as expected, that healthy corals had much more of the seawater-labeled carbon than ... up both in the tissue of the coral polyp or inside the algae.

For the first time, the scientists were able to examine living coral polyps in the lab, under highly controlled conditions. This system is based on microfluidics technology, which had been ...

In the seventh clip of the video, labeled 206-2, you can see where a broken piece of coral (in the middle) heals over and new polyps grow. Kimberly has a bachelor's degree in marine biology from ...

Most species of coral in the Great Barrier Reef reproduce in this way, but some, a group labeled brooders ... This algae provides food to each coral polyp. When water doesn't cool or pollution ...

Corals that form reefs consist of thousands of tiny animals called polyps, each with a mouth surrounded by soft tentacles. The surface of each polyp is covered in tiny hairs called cilia.

Physicists and marine biologists built a quantitative framework that predicts how coral polyps collectively construct a variety of coral shapes. Since before she could remember, Eva Llabrés was a ...

The co-operative spirit of corals goes deeper, too. Polyps get much of their energy from single-celled algae living within their tissues. It’s a marriage of convenience: the polyps give the ...

"Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet Earth, we find a massive coral made of nearly one billion little polyps, pulsing with life and color," marine ecologist Enric Sala said.

Coral is comprised of tiny individual creatures called polyps, which form a connected hardened shell when living en masse in a colony. The average polyp grows to about a quarter of an inch.

The experiments readily showed, as expected, that healthy corals had much more of the seawater-labeled carbon than ... up both in the tissue of the coral polyp or inside the algae.