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

Scientists have found the world's largest coral -- as big as two basketball courts -- visible from space and at least 300 years old in the waters of the Solomon Islands.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest known coral in the Pacific Ocean. The coral, which measures 34 metres wide, 32 metres long at 5.5 metres high, was found in the Solomon Islands' Three Sisters island group by marine scientists from National Geographic's Pristine Seas team, Xinhua news agency reported.