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 ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and ...

Two Critically Endangered coral species: Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) and Pillar Coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) at Roatán, Honduras.

Tropical corals once dotted the coast of southern England. Some of the earliest evidence of the staghorn coral, Acropora, was found on a beach on the Isle of Wight. Today, this is one of the most ...

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 ...

Both elkhorn and staghorn corals are named for their many large branches, which look similar to elk or deer antlers. DESCRIPTION: Corals are actually colonies of many tiny invertebrate animals called ...

Both elkhorn and staghorn corals are named for their many large branches, which look similar to elk or deer antlers. DESCRIPTION: Corals are actually colonies of many tiny invertebrate animals called ...