Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of ... a material frequently used as building material. Corals which only formed in the past 100,000 years are quickly altered. Although the skeletons ...

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.

The reefs the coral formed once teemed with so much life and biodiversity that scientists referred to them as the “rainforests of the sea.” Sensitive to temperature spikes, coral reefs now appear a ...

At Mote Marine Laboratory, our group has developed a new approach to restoring corals, depicted below. Already, we have seen new coral form across the dead skeleton of massive brain, boulder, star, ...