coral
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However, it is possible to extract healthy symbionts and culture them -- and the team is now thinking about ways to re-introduce them en masse to bleached coral.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
As coral reefs struggle to survive, many sharks are losing their main food source, but humans are to blame for that one.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
The bright yellow coral, which has a branching, tree-like appearance, was discovered between 360 and 529 meters below the Pacific Ocean's surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Viewers are taken into some of the world's least understood marine environments, ranging from coral reefs and tropical islands to the darkest depths of the ocean.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was the size of a small fishbowl, bright coral, with colored straws and paper parasols and bits of fruit sticking out of it at frenetic angles.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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They have a mutualistic relationship with symbionts, which produce the vast majority of food the corals require, in return for shelter, as well as water and the carbon dioxide they need to photosynthesize.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Clients snorkeled, learned about reef restoration and helped tend corals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
There is also no way yet to determine whether the corals seen in the 1960s really were dead and later recovered, or whether the original survey simply misinterpreted what was there.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
"We even found living corals hidden in a ceiling," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“The whole Archipelago. But this one has corals marked—corals that grow tall as trees beneaths the water, as’ll tear a boat to shreds if it tries to sail up and over.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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