Staghorn survivors: the world's most successful coral? | Natural History Museum

Museum palaeontologist Dr Ken Johnson looks at how Britain's fossil record helps us understand the success of the staghorn coral, Acropora, and how the threats facing it today could mean devastation for reefs worldwide. Discover more about Dr Johnson's coral research: http://bit.ly/YT-Coral-Reefs-Lessons-...
We explored the natural history of corals in our exhibition Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea (27 March - 13 September 2015). You can still see some of our coral reefs content here: http://bit.ly/NHM-CoralReefs-Exhibition
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