A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa set out to solve a scientific mystery: how a soft coral is able to perform the rhythmic, pulsating movements of its tentacles without a ...

The research team revealed that the coral generates rhythmic opening and closing movements of the tentacles surrounding its mouth through a distributed neural pacemaker system. In other words, the ...

An invasive soft coral has been spotted in Hawaii and Puerto Rico and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration is warning Florida to start preparing. Xenia pulse corals are soft corals that ...

I'm sharing my process for creating these dreamy mermaid waves on vivid coral-colored hair. Watch as I section, style, and transform the look using a flat iron for easy, textured waves. This vibrant ...

Thriving reefs, colorful fish, mysterious shipwrecks, coral-crusted swim-through caves and an unlimited array of stunning underwater topography. With its year-round sun and excellent visibility, the ...

South Florida is seeing a wave of new cars, but they won't add to traffic or lengthen anyone's commute. That's because the cars are made of marine-grade concrete and were installed underwater. Over ...

Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its flexible arms stiffen. A research team led by University of Pennsylvania ...

Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its flexible arms stiffen, like Marvel’s Mr. Fantastic warding off a foe. Now, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The marine heatwave that gripped Florida in 2023 was hotter than anything Florida has seen in 150 years, and claimed at least two ...

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The first phase of what will be an underwater sculpture park took place, after 11 of 22 huge car sculptures were dropped into the ocean off the shores of South Beach.

His charges are a type of soft coral called gorgonians. "They're a fundamentally important part of the Caribbean and Floridian coral reef habitat," he says. Foord tends to more than 2,000 tiny soft ...