The world’s largest coral has been found in the Solomon Islands, a remote nation made up of hundreds of small islands in the South Pacific. The coral measures 111 feet wide, 101 feet long, and nearly ...
Stony, rock hard corals are living animals, and here in Hawai i are known as koa. The coral animal is called a polyp, and it is a very tiny creature that looks like an upside-down jellyfish. These ...
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Coral reefs are made up mostly of coral colonies like these. Corals are live animals made up of a colony of individual "polyps." Each polyp produces a hard skeleton in a cuplike shape for protection ...
Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing with life and color." The coral is so immense that ...
Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina, Hawaii, resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife ...
A new study uses environmental, socioeconomic and management data from 30 Caribbean islands to identify which communities may be most at risk from the social and ecological effects of coral bleaching, ...
KEALAKEKUA BAY, Hawai’i island–The Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) took part in a second collaborative coral restoration project today with ...
Ancient Temperature Triggers Reveal How It All Began It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was preceded by a rise in summer temperature from ~26° to ~28°C at around 700 ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Coral colonies that suffered tissue damage in The Bahamas were still producing low numbers of eggs four years after the injuries occurred, according to new research by University at ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the ...