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This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family

ScienceDailyThursday, October 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM

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This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family
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A brilliant yellow coral discovered off Costa Rica proved so unusual that scientists had to create an entirely new family to classify it.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. A brilliant yellow coral discovered off Costa Rica proved so unusual that scientists had to create an entirely new family to classify it.

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A brilliant yellow coral discovered off Costa Rica proved so unusual that scientists had to create an entirely new family to classify it.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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