However, isolating and transplanting these cells in Hexacorallia has remained unexplored—until recently. Climate change has severely impacted coral reefs, with rising sea temperatures causing ...

To fill in those gaps, she and her colleagues published a complete cell atlas from the smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata) in Cell on May 3. Among the 40 cell types described were two ...

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

Coral polyps, the reef's building blocks, are tiny colonial animals that house symbiotic algae in their cells. As those algae photosynthesize—using light to create energy—each polyp is fueled ...

Corals suffer in two ways: First, the active ingredient in many sunscreens, oxybenzone, affects the DNA function in coral cells; mature corals end up sterile while coral larvae are deformed and ...

When it comes time to migrate, new research has found how a free-living coral ignores the classic advice and goes straight towards the light.

Climate change is bleaching and killing off vast amounts of the world's coral due to rising sea temperatures ... proposed an out of the box potential solution – transplanting stem cells from resilient ...

This field focuses on understanding the biological and ecological characteristics of coral reefs across the world. CMBC promotes interdisciplinary research and educational approaches to maintain the ...

From the tiny basement of the Horniman Museum, Dr Jamie Craggs’ innovative new technique aims to protect these ecosystems ...

Avobenzone may cause a dysfunction with the powerhouse of the cell, which may kill cells and induce a bleaching effect in corals.” Coral reefs are critical ecosystems for Hawai‘i, protecting its ...