Scientists stunned to find corals that ‘walk’ towards light - Findings have implications for protecting corals threatened by ...

Corals might appear stationary, but different species are capable of moving more than just their branches. In a new study, ...

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 ...

When you imagine a coral, it's probably not walking around. In fact, by most accounts, corals are sessile, meaning they are fixed to the surface of their habitat, often the reef built from the bones ...

A free-living coral species defies traditional coral behavior by actively migrating toward light using a strategy reminiscent ...

QUT researchers discovered that Cycloseris cyclolites, a free-living mushroom coral, uses jellyfish-like pulsed inflation to migrate toward optimal light conditions, particularly blue light. This ...

When it comes time to migrate, QUT research has found how a free-living coral ignores the classic advice and goes straight towards the light.The ...