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 ...

A major pathway for strategically inducing cell death has been shared between humans and coral since their ancestral lineages diverged, according to a paper published today (June 9) in PNAS. The ...

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 ...

Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata) corals, which play a ...

Corals are animals, but many are powered by the tiny photosythetic algal plants within their cells; with this energy ... up of multitudes sea anemone-like coral polyps. In the reef-building ...

We used coral-bound nitrogen isotopes to analyse a range of modern symbiont-bearing and symbiont-barren corals across various environments. The measurements of these isotopes can be used to ...