coral
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Whether your preference is melon, tangerine, ginger or coral - orange appears to be the big colour trend for next year.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The section “Skeletal Embodiment,” in which all the featured garments and objects are shades of bleached bone, blanched coral and fossil gray, is simultaneously prehistoric and futuristic—a realm of deep time in both directions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
An environmental impact assessment found that the dredging in nearby Malakal Harbour -- expected to start this year -- will cause the loss of 4.26 hectares of coral, impacting endangered turtles, fish and dugong.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Zinzindohoué and his colleagues suspected that the site might instead contain a mesophotic coral ecosystem.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
He threw it off the coral mountain, and the lobster disappeared into the darkness.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Clients snorkeled, learned about reef restoration and helped tend corals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The aquarium has helped more than 3,300 trafficked animals, including corals, reptiles, fish and axolotls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Like modern corals, it may have reproduced through a coordinated release of sperm and eggs into the surrounding water.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Maerl beds may closely resemble corals but they are in fact thousands of pieces of free-living calcified seaweed that can interlock to create a carpet brimming with life.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Far below him on the seabed the corals reached up in tentacles of red and buds of thorny mauve.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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