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Watch Our Corals Spawn!
May 15, 2020
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Exciting news from the Academy's Coral Regeneration Lab (CoRL)! On April 22, 2020, Acropora hyacinthus corals collected from the reefs of Palau released eggs and sperm that mixed in a fascinating reproduction display.
In this video, Academy curator Rebecca Albright, PhD, who runs one of the world’s only indoor coral culturing labs, talks viewers through the spawning and explains how her team uses lights, temperature, and more to simulate seasons and lunar conditions in Palau. Dr. Albright’s team works tirelessly to keep these corals healthy so they can reproduce year after year and provide critical insight about the future of threatened coral reefs.
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