The coral, a communal organism comprising millions of animals called polyps, is 34 meters wide and 32 meters long — and so large it can be seen from space. A typical coral reef is made of many ...

“The genetic code of these simple polyps is an enormous encyclopaedia ... Seas expedition to the Solomon Islands, said: “Large adult coral colonies like this contribute significantly to ...

Each coral animal is called a polyp. Most corals live in large groups or colonies of hundreds or thousands of identical polyps. These are called coral reefs. Coral reefs offer both food and ...

The world's largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef, is located off the northeastern coast of Australia ...

We’ll explain everything you need to know, in a nutshell… Corals are tiny animals called a ‘polyps’, that typically live in large colonies. Similar to a sea anemone, a polyp has a squidgy body, with a ...