(via Sciencemag) Researchers led by Oren Levy of the Center for Marine Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia report that corals (Australia's Great Barrier Reef) are able to sense changes in light — especially blue light — and respond to them. The experts think they may have found out how reef-building corals manage to coordinate their sex lives in moonlight bay.
According to the experts corals contain ancient proteins called cryptochromes which react to light. Cryptochromes have also been found in mammals and insects where they effect the circadian clock that regulates the daily rhythms of life.
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