These coral fragments, named for their distinctive maze-like patterns resembling the human brain, are rare finds along Gulf beaches.

Beachcombers along the Texas coast have been finding a spectacular variety of Sea Beans this week, thanks to strong onshore ...

such as brain corals, which comprise colonies of polyps that produce skeleton-like structures. When those polyps die, they leave their skeletons behind. Animals that eat live coral, such as ...

However, if untreated by antivenin, the neurotoxin begins to disrupt the connections between the brain ... Eastern coral snakes are relatives of the cobra, mamba, and sea snake. They live in ...