People's knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in nature, most plants and animals are recycled into new life.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-06-life-death-trees-corals-dead.html)