Corals Belch Algae During Deadly 'Bleaching' | Time-Lapse Video

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 11:01 in Earth & Climate

Solitary corals, Heliofungia actiniformis, were forced to endure hyper-thermal stress in an experiment to learn more about coral bleaching. They can be seeing belching 'Symbiodinium' - a form of algae that gives them their color.

Read the whole article on Live Science

More from Live Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net