A coral, or reef-forming organism, is a marine animal that thrives in warm, shallow waters. These incredible underwater ...

The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the ...

Scientists have discovered one of the largest known sea creatures – a coral the size of two football fields – off the Solomon ...

One of the largest known sea creatures, the size of two football fields and believed to be several centuries old, has been ...

Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic ...

It begins as a larva, develops into a polyp (a small, stationary form that looks a bit like a tiny anemone), and then matures ...

Corals are residents of the ocean floor at a wide range of depths and locations. Similar to the way in which the armored and ...

Under stressful conditions, the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi can revert from a lobate adult stage to a cyddipid larva, depicted here. Credit: Joan J. Soto-Angel Comb jellies can reverse their ...

which find a suitable substrate on which to develop into a polyp. Asexual methods are also employed. Budding, or the formation of tiny replicates of the parent plant, may be seen in some species.

For reasons unknown LPS have a more powerful sting than SPS, delivered mainly by long sweeper tentacles mobilised on demand and stretching much further than standard polyps. After anemones, LPS corals ...

Polyp Stage: The Early Life of a Jellyfish The life cycle of ... Jellyfish belong to the same phylum as rough coral and squiggly sea anemones: cnidaria. They're like distant cousins in the ocean world ...

Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship. The animals give the algae nutrients and a place to live; in return, algae ...