Some corals can pass heat resistance to their offspring - giving new hope for the survival and restoration of reefs in a ...

See 'Underwater Snowstorm' of Coral Reproducing. Under a full moon, corals release millions of tiny eggs. Whether or not those eggs fertilize is a leap of faith.

Surprising coral spawning features revealed Stony coral sperm and eggs share similar genetic functions,new study shows Date: August 18, 2020 Source: ...

To quantify reproduction success, the team placed containers above 26 coral colonies on a reef in Palau, Micronesia during a time when the mostly hermaphroditic corals released eggs and sperm.

Although some corals brood their eggs in their bodies, or bud off clones, most of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals–140 species worth–release clouds of eggs and sperm into the water en masse.

When corals spawn, they release tiny bundles of eggs and sperm into the water. To become fertilised, each egg bundle must find a sperm bundle from the same species.

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium staff scientist Dr. Hanna Koch observes outplanted coral at Newfound Harbor, Florida, finding signs of eggs and sperm in the coral. Courtesy Mote Marine Laboratory & ...

Shape-shifting Coral Evade Identification. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 02 / 090223221343.htm. BioMed Central.

During the same period, turf algae—small, fast-growing plants that can smother coral to death—substantially increased from covering 25 percent of the bay floor in 2021 to 79 percent in 2022.

A Rutgers-led team has discovered some surprising features in coral sperm and eggs (collectively called gametes), according to a study in the journal PeerJ. Advanced Search. Home; ...