Turks & Caicos may be famed for its luxurious resorts, but its truest treasures lie in the reefs, caves and secluded coves. It’s a beautiful, delicate ecosystem and every visitor has a role to play in ...

National Geographic scientists recently discovered the world's largest coral colony in the southwest Pacific Ocean, deemed the "mega" coral. The National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas team ...

“Now the significance of finding coral like this, you know, goes beyond simply, you know, enjoying the moment and seeing this magnificent organism that's mega coral, because it doesn't just captivate ...

Researchers discover world's largest coral colony in Pacific Ocean National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition team located a massive coral colony that's longer than a blue whale, Earth's largest ...

The world’s largest coral has been found in the Solomon Islands, a remote nation made up of hundreds of small islands in the South Pacific. The coral measures 111 feet wide, 101 feet long, and nearly ...

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 ...

What it's like to night dive on the Great Barrier Reef Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding millions in conservation ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the ...

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