Coral reefs form a vital part of the marine ecosystem, playing host to diverse species and supporting multiple industries, ...

Just a few meters beneath the clear, blue waters of Okinawa, reef-building corals known as Scleractinia have quietly lived ...

Up close, the coral reveals its extraordinary complexity. It is made up of a network of polyps, tiny organisms that, over hundreds of years, have collectively formed this gigantic organism.

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.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's coral reefs had a muted reproductive season in 2025, not because of any oil spill that occurred in the ...

The standalone structure, formed from a "complex network" of tiny coral polyps, has likely been growing for 300 years or more, the researchers said. At about 111 feet wide and 104 feet long ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...

The coral, identified as Pavona clavus, is a single, standalone structure, unlike the sprawling networks that typically form coral reefs. Scientists estimate it's around 300 years old, making it ...

Ali Rogin (voice-over): If coral reefs die, so could nearly a quarter of all sea life, which feed millions and sustain industries from fishing tourism. But the good news is that corals are ...

Scientists urge divers, recreational charters, residents and visitors exploring the waters of South Florida to look for an invasive soft coral species that has been reported on the nearby ...