The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...
New research shows that K’gari, previously known as Fraser Island, and part of the Great Barrier Reef was formed over 800,000 years ago. Its formation was tied to a major change in earth’s climate ...
Discovered by National Geographic's Manu San Félix, this 500-year-old coral the size of half a football field is changing how ...
It’s more than 100 feet long, at least 300 years old and visible from space. The world’s largest coral has just been discovered in the southwest Pacific Ocean, scientists announced Wednesday. The mega ...
Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing with life and color." The coral is so immense that ...