At 111 feet wide, 104 feet long, 18 feet high, and 600 feet around this stunning organism in the southwest Pacific Ocean is ...

A coral, or reef-forming organism, is a marine animal that thrives in warm, shallow waters. These incredible underwater ...

Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic ...

I went diving in a place where the map said there was a shipwreck and then I saw something,” said the cinematographer who made the stunning discovery.

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

Distinct from a coral reef, which is a collection of coral colonies, this gigantic organism is a network of coral polyps. It ...

It is a conglomerate of individual creatures called coral polyps that have grown over 300 ... with over 490 known hard and soft coral species. A group of scientists working aboard a research ...

"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, pulsing with life and color," marine ecologist Enric Sala said.

Discovered in the Three Sisters island group by members of the National Geographic Pristine Seas team during their scientific ...