For centuries, an extraordinary coral lay hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface near the Solomon Islands, growing unnoticed on the seabed. Now, scientists from National Geographic’s Pristine Seas program have uncovered this massive living structure,

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

The largest coral in the world has been found in the Solomon Islands. The coral, which is visible from space, is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, and is believed to be about 300 years old.