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Scientists discovered world’s largest coral

CBS News on MSN · 1d

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.

Live Science · 1h

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.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 20h

See Staggering Photos of the World’s Largest Coral, Newly Discovered by Scientists in the Pacific Ocean

The enormous organism is bigger than a blue whale and made up of millions of genetically identical, tiny animals called polyps

The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific

The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue whale and older than the United States.

Khaama Press23h

World’s largest Coral discovered in Solomon Islands, over 300 years old

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest recorded coral in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, a massive coral over 300 ...

Interesting Engineering on MSN1d

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 Ocean.

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