coral reef
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The film cuts to a hummingbird sipping nectar from a flower on a cactus, a sea turtle floating over a coral reef, pink flamingos on a green lake, a snowflake, a butterfly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The researchers emphasize that restoring coral reef fisheries is not only about protecting ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2026
The Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef system on the north-east coast, is rightly recognised as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
A coral reef is normally built out of lots of colonies of different kinds.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 27, 2024
At the one extreme was Henderson Island, an old coral reef raised above sea level and devoid of stone Other than limestone.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
