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Photography
fromColossal
6 days ago

The Forest-Like Interior of Coral Takes the Grand Prize in the CUPOTY 7 Photo Contest

Ross Gudgeon's cauliflower soft coral image won Close-up Photographer of the Year; the soft coral population declined 90% from 2011 to 2021.
Science
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

Meet the clever' sea pansy found off California coast

Sea pansies are colonial soft corals resembling purple flowers that live in shallow sandy zones, reproduce annually by releasing gametes, and clone after larval settlement.
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