Mysterious 'Golden Tree' Coral Is So Weird, Scientists Had to Create a New 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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