Healthy coral reefs mean healthy oceans which means healthy planet. Here are five fascinating facts about these amazing ecosystems. 1. Corals are not plants. They're actually animals and are are ...

Most corals are colonial animals - superorganisms comprising lots of smaller organisms - made up of multitudes sea anemone-like coral polyps. In the reef-building "hard corals", the polyps sit in ...

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Here are three need-to-know facts about the Coral Triangle: It’s been called “the Amazon of the ocean” Like the Amazon rainforest in comparison to other forest regions, the Coral Triangle is ...