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 ...

Divers from National Geographic Pristine Seas measure the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands. From the surface, it looked like a shipwreck, long forgotten on the seabed.

The world’s largest coral colony has been found in the Solomon Islands located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The discovery was made by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas team ...

A diver swims alongside the world’s largest coral colony, located in the Solomon Islands. Manu San Félix / National Geographic Pristine Seas Researchers have made a gargantuan discovery that ...

Coral is comprised of tiny individual creatures called polyps, which form a connected hardened shell when living en masse in a colony. The average polyp grows to about a quarter of an inch.

Researchers have discovered a giant coral colony on the north-western coast of Saudi Arabia, in a part of the Red Sea that is being developed as a luxury tourist resort. The colony, a feature ...

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Dubai: Red Sea Global (RSG) announced on Sunday the discovery of a massive coral colony off the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia, within the waters of AMAALA. The colony, a member of the Pavona ...

“Our primary goal is to develop a comprehensive model that links coral tissue damage and regeneration with overall colony growth, reproduction, survival and response to thermal stress,” said Stier.

which means fertilization of the eggs and sperm occur inside the coral colony, which release “competent larvae” that then look for a place to settle and grow. “These are the kids ...