Australian scientists have sequenced the genome of the staghorn coral Acropora millepora, a major component of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide. This is the first animal genome project ...

Entrained circadian rhythms control many biological processes. These cyclical systems are synchronized by environmental signals but continue to free run for a considerable time when the synchronizing ...

Many broadcast spawning corals in multiple reef regions release their gametes with incredible temporal precision just once per year, using the lunar cycle to set the night of spawning. Moonlight, ...

It’s no secret that warming ocean waters have devastated many of the world’s coral reefs. For instance, a 2016 marine heat wave killed 30 percent of coral in the Great Barrier Reef, a study published ...

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Birds of a feather may flock together, but when it comes to corals, sometimes it helps to mix things up. ByKatherine J. Wu Monday, January 7, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next Even though corals occupy less ...

This weekend one of the world's biggest sex events is happening under water off the north Queensland coast. The annual mass coral spawning event, set to happen over three nights from Friday, will see ...