They live in shallow water, in symbiosis with algae that are their primary food source and give them their color.
The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries ...
shallow waters in tropical areas. Its analysis found that 892 reef-building coral species are now considered threatened, representing 44 percent of the total. This marked a significant increase ...
Australian scientists said Wednesday that they had found a widespread decrease in coral cover in southern parts of the Great ...
The updated assessment of the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species looked at reef-building corals, which live in warm, shallow waters in tropical areas. Most reef-building coral is found across ...
Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday. The updated risk assessment from the ...