These coral fragments, named for their distinctive maze-like patterns resembling the human brain, are rare finds along Gulf beaches.

Beachcombers along the Texas coast have been finding a spectacular variety of Sea Beans this week, thanks to strong onshore ...

The 3D formation of a typical reef is made of hard corals, such as brain corals, which comprise colonies of polyps that produce skeleton-like structures. When those polyps die, they leave their ...

“Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet Earth, we find a massive coral made of nearly one billion little polyps, pulsing with life and colour,” marine ecologist Enric ...