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Corals exist in a symbiotic partnership with a special type of marine plant - a species of algae - which lives inside the coral, providing it with food and giving it its bright colour.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Corals searching for food in the cold and dark waters of the deep sea are building higher and higher mountains to get closer to the source of their food.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

Corals are animals made up of tiny polyps that behave like plants.

From National Geographic • Jan. 24, 2024

Corals in the tanks containing no nutrients at all stopped growing and had lost about half of their algal partners after just 50 days, giving them a bleached and stunted appearance.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023

Corals from various parts of the world and from different geological formations were subsequently dealt with by Duncan, and he came to be regarded as a leading authority on these fossils.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various