Thousands of ships loaded with oil were sunk during the fierce sea battles of the Second World War. That means they’ve been ...

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 ...

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

The coral sits at a depth of 12 meters (42 feet), which is perhaps why when the team on National Geographic's Pristine Seas ...

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 coral colony, of the species Pavona clavus, measuring 34 meters wide and 32 meters long, grew over three centuries and is visible from space. A team of scientists, including some Spaniards, has ...