Free-living mushroom corals are thought to either be moved by the motion of the waves, hitchhiking on other moving animals, or actively moving through a process of inflating and deflating parts of ...

The mechanism behind the movement of a free-living coral that moves towards the light has been finally decoded. Cycloseris cyclolites, a free-living mushroom coral species, responds to specific ...

A new study has found that the free-living mushroom coral responds to specific types of light by “walking” towards it, suggesting remarkable adaptability in the marine species. Not all corals ...

Taipei (AFP) - Divers say a towering coral known as the “Big Mushroom” at the heart of a world-famous dive site in Taiwan has been toppled after Typhoon Meranti struck last week. The super ...