HONG KONG — For at least three centuries, it grew in secret on the seabed of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Now, the largest coral ever recorded has been discovered, scientists said Thursday, and it’s so big it can be seen from space. It was found by ...

Scientists aboard a National Geographic research vessel have uncovered the world’s largest known coral in the southwest Pacific Ocean, a massive specimen of Pavona clavus. Found near the Three Sisters islands in the Solomon Islands,

Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially thought it was a shipwreck.