This led the scientists to conclude that certain coral species were already living in photosymbiosis during the Middle Devonian period. "Photosymbiosis could explain why ancient reefs were highly ...

The partnership between algae and coral is hundreds of millions of years old. Analysis of fossilised reefs has revealed the chemical signature of ancient algae, suggesting their symbiotic relationship ...

All modern corals belong to a group called the scleractinians, which evolved in the Triassic Period (around ... extinct groups of coral—tabulate and rugose—from Devonian reefs and present ...

World Reef Awareness Day 2025 highlights the coral reef crisis and the urgent need for global conservation action.

Scientists discovered that ancient reef-building stromatoporoids survived the Late Devonian extinction ... Will modern coral reefs go extinct? The answer is uncertain, but some of their ancient ...

Today we are going fossil hunting to learn more about Western New York's Devonian Past ... shallow water, like coral reefs! Gray shale is made up of super tiny particles, which tells us that ...

This led the scientists to conclude that certain coral species were already living in photosymbiosis during the Middle Devonian period. "Photosymbiosis could explain why ancient reefs were highly ...

Will modern coral reefs go extinct? The answer is uncertain ... building organisms called stromatoporoids survived the Late Devonian mass extinction event and continued to thrive as major reef ...