Why Do Corals Glow? New Study Answers Science Mystery - EcoWatch

Scientists have long known that corals glow fluorescent in the deep, but, until recently, they didn’t know why. Now, a new study published in Communications Biology last month has an answer: to attract prey.

If you were to dive 148 feet below the oceans surfaceinto the twilight  mesophotic zoneyou would see corals glowing green or orange around their mouths or on the ends of their tentacles.  Scientists… [+4270 chars]

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