Scientists have discovered the largest single coral ever recorded – so big that they had originally thought it was a long-forgotten shipwreck. The “mega coral” – which is a network of small creatures that together form one huge organism rather than a reef – was found near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.

It’s more than 100 feet long, around 300 years old, made of nearly 1 billion little polyps and visible from space

The "mega" coral is 112-feet wide, 105-feet long and 18-feet high, making it larger than a blue whale, the world's largest animal.

A group of scientists has discovered the world’s largest single coral, measuring more than 100 feet long, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It’s more than three times bigger than the previous record holder,

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.

The world's largest coral has been found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and scientists say the massive organism is visible from space. The big picture: The "mega coral" near the Solomon Islands that's believed to be about 300 years old and measures 105 feet long by 111 feet wide was discovered by the National Geographic Pristine Seas team,