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Coral Spawning is a Summer Spectacle in Woods Hole - and a Window Into Basic Biology
August 16, 2025
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news:

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Coral Spawning is a Summer Spectacle in Woods Hole - and a Window into Basic Biology

Each summer across the tropics, approximately eight days after the August full moon, spawning coral colonies release millions of clear, glittering gametes into coastal waters. This annual, synchronized reproduction cycle is a sp . . .

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