The standalone structure, formed from a "complex network" of tiny coral polyps, has likely been growing for 300 years or more, the researchers said. At about 111 feet wide and 104 feet long ...

For centuries, it lay peacefully in the crystal-clear waters of the Solomon Islands, hidden from view. What scientists ...

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During an expedition off the Solomon Islands, researchers accidentally discovered the world’s largest coral in the depths of ...

The coral, identified as Pavona clavus, is a single, standalone structure, unlike the sprawling ... It's made up of a network of polyps, which are tiny soft-bodied creatures related to anemones ...

Scientists have discovered one of the largest known sea creatures – a coral the size of two basketball courts – off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. At such a critical moment in US history, ...

“The gigantic organism is a complex network of coral polyps — tiny individual creatures ... is a network of many coral colonies — this structure is a standalone coral that has grown ...

“Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet earth, we find a massive coral made of nearly one billion little polyps ... members spotted the structure, they thought it ...

result from the continuous growth of microscopic organisms called coral polyps. These tiny creatures work together to construct a calcium carbonate structure that expands year after year. Each polyp ...

The coral is a standalone structure, unlike a reef which is built ... is a communal organism comprising nearly one billion animals called polyps that make up a larger structure “about the ...