10/18/2026
The Veil

New 'Golden Tree' Coral Is So Strange It Needed Its Own Family on The Tree of Life

Filed by Elara Myst
New 'Golden Tree' Coral Is So Strange It Needed Its Own Family on The Tree of Life
The newly discovered coral lives in strange conditions that seem inhospitable to life. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute/Breedy et al., ZooKeys, 2026) Magic in the twilight zone.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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