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 ...

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.

There are underwater animals that can look a lot like plants. They are called corals. Each one of the animals is called a polyp. The polyps hook on to the ocean bottom so they don't float around.

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 ...

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 reef had just been “bleached”—symbiotic algae that live in each tiny coral polyp got too hot, and the coral had expelled them. “The polyps turned white, and they were weak. But they ...

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.