In new photos shared by the research team, the coral, a species known as Pavona clavus, looks like a lumpy brown mound covered in knobs. Closer views reveal bits of yellow, green, and purple.

There’s a saying that we know more about the moon than we do about the deep sea. It turns out that’s not actually true, but the ocean is still a vast and mysterious place. Around 50% of U.S ...

The mammoth coral belonging to the species Pavona clavus was found by a research vessel in the southwest Pacific Ocean in October. The brown mound, 34m wide and 32m long, is a communal organism ...

In the warm blue waters of the Solomon Islands, an island chain in the South Pacific, lies one of the world’s largest sea ...

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, ...