Researchers have discovered the world's largest coral colony in the southwest Pacific Ocean, in the waters of the Solomon Islands. Measuring an astonishing 34 meters wide and 32 meters long, the coral is a species called *Pavona clavus* and is believed to be over 300 years old.

Scientists have found the largest coral ever recorded in the south west Pacific Ocean and described it to be larger than a blue whale.The mega coral, which is a combination of several connected