Corals might appear stationary, but different species are capable of moving more than just their branches. In a new study, ...

Scientists found a free-living coral species actively travels toward blue light resembling its natural habitat and moves like a jellyfish to migrate.

Corals move for reasons that may sound familiar — like getting out from under something, or evade neighbors that take up too much space. Credit Credit... Lewis et al., 2025, PLOS One.

Moving, cleaning and tagging the coral. Jenny Staletovich / WLRN. These healthy staghorn coral were removed this week from nurseries off Key Biscayne and will be kept in tanks at the University of ...

The first tape of a moving coral was made in 1995, when video resolution wasn’t as developed. Consequently, scientists knew that some corals could move, but they couldn’t see exactly how they ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk populations, University of Queensland research has found. The research is ...

Teams dedicated to ocean restoration are urgently moving samples to tanks on land as a marine heat wave devastates entire reefs. A diver with the Coral Restoration Foundation assessed coral ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

Paula Holmes, a coral biologist II, left, and Gabrielle Vaillancourt, a coral biologist, help move trays of baby corals into coolers at The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research ...

Corals might appear stationary, but different species are capable of moving more than just their branches. In a new study, the mushroom coral Cycloseris cyclolites has been recorded navigating ...