The animals prefer water depths between 15 and 100 feet. Like other corals in the Acropora genus, staghorn corals use tiny, stinging tentacles to snatch and eat small aquatic animals known as ...
A study led by a researcher at the University of Stirling has identified microscopic organisms that may be crucial to the survival of coral reefs. Dr. Lauren Messer analyzed Acropora kenti coral ...
Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) are two examples of Critically Endangered species in the Caribbean that have experienced significant declines due to ...