Hosted on MSN49m
Record-breaking mega coral visible from space is possibly 300 years old
When researchers first saw a colossal coral estimated to be hundreds of years old off the Solomon Islands, they thought it was a possible shipwreck. The National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas ...
World's largest coral discovered in Solomon Islands
The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres, making it larger than a blue whale. It is thought to be between 300 and 500 ...
rnz1h
World's largest coral reef discovered in Solomon Islands
The world's largest known coral reef has been discovered in the Solomon Islands to the surprise of locals. The mega-coral ...
National Geographic group finds world's largest coral
Scientists said on Thursday they found what is believed to be the world's largest coral, which has been growing undisturbed ...
IFLScience3h
Divers Thought They'd Found A Shipwreck, But This Giant Shadow Is Alive
There are lots of different species of coral, a rich diversity of which can be found in the coral triangle where this latest ...
manilatimes3h
Scientists find largest coral near Solomon Islands
Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major ...
Scientists discover the largest coral colony on Earth in the Solomon Islands: Key insights on its size and age
A team of researchers from National Geographic's Pristine Seas team have discovered the world's largest coral colony in the ...
World's largest coral, found in the Pacific, was 'hiding in plain sight' for 300 years
From the surface, “it looked like a shipwreck,” said Molly Timmers, lead scientist of the Pristine Seas expedition. But the ...
World’s largest coral discovered and it’s longer than a blue whale
At 111 feet wide, 104 feet long, 18 feet high, and 600 feet around this stunning organism in the southwest Pacific Ocean is ...
‘World’s largest’ coral discovered near Solomon Islands
Scientists have discovered the largest single coral ever recorded – so big that they had originally thought it was a ...
Scientists say biggest coral in the world discovered in the Pacific
Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially ...
Interesting Engineering7h
Bigger than blue whale: World’s largest coral is so huge it’s visible from space
In a stunning discovery, the world’s largest coral has been found thriving in the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific ...