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Marine Life: Coral Reefs

Discover strange facts about coral reefs: pillar corals, staghorn corals, Great Barrier Reef ecosystems, and the underwater cities that support 25% of all...

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Edwardsiella andrillae: The Antarctic Ice Anemone
Coral Reefs

Edwardsiella andrillae: The Antarctic Ice Anemone

Discover Edwardsiella andrillae, the Antarctic ice anemone that thrives in frozen environments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf. Explore its adaptations, ecology, and significance.

Jun 24, 2026 12 min read
Coral Reefs: Understanding Their Value and Threats
Coral Reefs

Coral Reefs: Understanding Their Value and Threats

Explore coral reefs, Earth's most biodiverse marine ecosystems. From symbiotic algae to mass bleaching events, learn how reefs work and why they are disappearing.

Nov 27, 2025 12 min read
Is the Great Barrier Reef Really Dying?
Coral Reefs

Is the Great Barrier Reef Really Dying?

Coral bleaching has damaged 50 percent of Great Barrier Reef corals since 2016. Expert guide to what is actually happening to the world's largest reef system.

Nov 26, 2025 14 min read
Brain Coral: Insights into the Coral Reef Ecosystem
Coral Reefs

Brain Coral: Insights into the Coral Reef Ecosystem

Everything about brain coral: the grooved brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis, its labyrinthine polyp colonies, 900-year lifespans, mass spawning, zooxanthellae symbiosis, bleaching, and Caribbean reef decline.

Aug 9, 2025 15 min read
Staghorn Coral: Traits and Restoration Efforts
Coral Reefs

Staghorn Coral: Traits and Restoration Efforts

Everything about staghorn coral: size, habitat, growth rate, reproduction, White Band Disease, climate bleaching, and the restoration programs trying to save Acropora cervicornis from extinction.

Jun 13, 2025 15 min read
Elkhorn Coral: Challenges Faced by a Vital Reef Species
Coral Reefs

Elkhorn Coral: Challenges Faced by a Vital Reef Species

Everything about elkhorn coral: size, habitat, wave-resistant branching, reproduction, White Band Disease, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, the 2023 Florida heatwave, and the restoration programs trying to save Acropora palmata from extinction.

Apr 15, 2025 14 min read
Pillar Coral: Key Facts and Conservation
Coral Reefs

Pillar Coral: Key Facts and Conservation

Everything about the pillar coral: spire-shaped colonies, daytime polyps, Caribbean range, SCTLD devastation, rescue breeding, and why Dendrogyra cylindrus sits on the brink of functional extinction.

Feb 14, 2025 13 min read