On Thursday, as a National Geographic expedition was exploring the waters around the Solomon Islands, its members spotted ...

Rising ocean temperatures and acidification have led to widespread coral bleaching, where stressed corals expel the symbiotic ...

Food waste is a massive problem. According to the UN, the world wastes more than a billion tons annually. Here at home, ...

For centuries, an extraordinary coral lay hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface near the Solomon Islands, growing ...

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 ...

There are lots of different species of coral, a rich diversity of which can be found in the coral triangle where this latest ...

The "mega" coral is 112-feet wide, 105-feet long and 18-feet high, making it larger than a blue whale, the world's largest animal.

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

"The decline of coral reefs is concerning, as it threatens not only biodiversity but also the safety of island communities, ...

Recently, many of Australia’s iconic natural wonders have been increasingly challenged, from the series of coral bleaching ...

From the surface, “it looked like a shipwreck,” said Molly Timmers, lead scientist of the Pristine Seas expedition. But the ...

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