The Kumulipo (Hawaiian creation chant) states that life began with the coral polyp and as more life was born, it became more and more complex. It is believed that coral is an akua, or deity, that may ...

TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) - The Florida Aquarium in Tampa is restoring reefs one polyp at a time. Aquarium workers transplanted 9,000 baby coral polyps born at the conservation center. All of them will ...

Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral ...

Can dying coral be nursed back to life by healthy coral? A new theory from a pair of marine biologists studying how the tiny ...

Producing coral skeleton components in the easy-to-use soft-bodied sea anemone Nematostella creates a perfect lab system for studying, and eventually helping, corals threatened by a changing climate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ORLANDO, Fla. – Simulated moonlight. Perfect temperatures. A hum of bubbling saltwater. A team of marine biologists had done ...

One biologist in particular, Mary Hagedorn, has met this challenge with an innovative strategy, one that could preserve various coral species in the lab even if they've shut down in situ. Hagedorn's ...