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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.
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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 ...
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A Small And Beautiful Seahorse Reveals An Even Smaller And Reclusive Worm
Years ago, as a student at the University of the Ryukyus in in Okinawa, Japan, Ai Takahata was researching the color patterns ...
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World's largest coral just discovered in the Pacific is so big, it can be seen from space
The world's largest coral has been found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and scientists say the massive organism is visible ...
23 Photos of the World’s Largest Coral That Was Just Discovered in the Solomon Islands
The world's largest coral has been found in the Solomon Islands, a remote nation made up of hundreds of small islands in the ...
Sea creature last seen in 1950s had been photobombing other animals for years. See it
The species was named Haplosyllis anthogorgicola, and it is incredibly small. After the first description of the species, the ...
This Remote Hawaiian Island Had Vanished. Here’s Why Its Comeback Is Crucial
SEE: Before and after images/video of this Pacific island, destroyed and restored to be a breeding ground for sea turtles and ...
Scientists just discovered a sea creature as large as two basketball courts. Here’s what it looks like.
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Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space
Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic ...
Climate change threatening more than 40% of the world's corals with extinction, conservation group says
Climate change is decimating the likelihood of survival for a large portion of the world's coral reefs, according to new ...
Young coral use metabolic tricks to resist bleaching, research reveals
Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching at high temperatures, according to a ...
Highly Unusual New Species of Bacteria Discovered in the Dark Depths of the Ocean
Microbes unable to break down carbohydrates belong to a newly identified family of marine bacteria. A German-American ...