CORAL

Coral can come in a wide variety of shapes and colors depending on the species, their location, and habitat. Large stony coral typically live in colonies and can be found on sea beds.

They are called stony because they deposit calcium carbonate extracted from the seawater to build themselves a hard cup shaped skeleton.

W hen corals turn white due to various stressors, such as changes in temperature, light, or nutrients it is called coral bleaching. A few ways we can save coral reefs would be recycling, reducing stormwater runoff, and minimizing use of fertilizers.​

A Quarter of all marine species live on or around coral reefs as they provide sources of food, and habitat.

NEAR THREATENED (NT):
Likely to become endangered in the near future.