The connection between polyps allows for the sharing of nutrients. Beneath the soft bodies of scleractinian, or stony corals, polyps secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton, and it is this skeleton ...

In 2018, a storm prevented us from monitoring the corals; in 2019, the site was hit hard by the deadly stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak, and we did not witness any spawning activity.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Rare coral reefs move into the new home at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for further research through ...

"The Florida reef is being decimated by something called stony coral tissue loss disease," she said. Since the disease is transmitted through water, the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission ...