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Scientists discovered world’s largest coral

World's biggest coral — so big it can be seen from space — discovered by chance off Solomon Islands

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 Solomon Islands.

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Scientists say they've discovered the world's biggest coral, so huge it was mistaken for a shipwreck

Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially thought it was a shipwreck.

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Scientists discover the world’s largest coral — so big it can be seen from space

It’s more than 100 feet long, around 300 years old, made of nearly 1 billion little polyps and visible from space

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Discovery of ancient coral giant redefines marine records

Scientists have discovered a gigantic coral in the Pacific, near the Solomon Islands (in western Oceania), which is about 300 ...

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World’s largest coral, twice the size of a basketball court, discovered in South Pacific

A huge 300 to 500-year-old coral reef has been discovered near the Soloman Islands by the National Geographic Society's ...

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Record-breaking mega coral visible from space is possibly 300 years old

The National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition has discovered the largest known coral in the world, spanning a ...

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Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space

Although the newly discovered coral is in excellent health, researchers worry about the many threats facing all corals, including global warming and overfishing. They hope this discovery will ...

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