The Great Barrier Reef is the largest and is made up of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching ... Beagle was an account of the formation of coral reefs.

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of ... The physiology of skeleton formation in corals. I. A method for measuring the rate of calcium deposition by corals under different conditions.

The tropical Indian Ocean is home to the Spice Islands. Characterised by beautiful sandy beaches, fringing coral reefs and coastal mangrove forests, this is a vibrant nursery area for marine life ...

It is so gigantic that the formation can be seen from space ... as National Geographic Pristine Seas Make Massive Coral Discovery in Solomon Islands.