Scientists found a free-living coral species actively travels toward blue light resembling its natural habitat and moves like ...

But there’s another, lesser-known and understudied kind of coral that’s completely solitary. And some of these animals, known as mushroom corals, can walk. “They’re very little,” said Brett Lewis, a ...

But not all coral species want to be tied down forever; according to the The New York Times, adult mushroom corals “walk” to ...

The latest study has revealed how the mushroom coral uses rolling, sliding, or pulsing movements in pursuit of optimal light conditions. Coral inflates and deflates its tissue in ...

Subscribe for FREE “However, the lifestyle of these mobile corals, including how they move and navigate for migration, remains largely obscure.” Cycloseris cyclolites is an adorably small free-living ...

is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae. It is characterized by the green staining reaction it develops in response to bruising or injury.