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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.
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In the twilight deeps of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, a magical sight can be found on a seamount off the coast of Costa Rica.
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