Map the giants: Press & News

This huge 🪸 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘢 was reported by Ocean Gardener Vincent Chalias and his team in December 2024  from Indonesia 🇮🇩. The colony measures an astounding 143m in perimeter and stretches from 4m of depth to 14m of depth for a maximum horizontal length of 71m 😮. Given its...

Another giant from our partners Global Reef , a new giant 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 sitting at a depth of 7m and measuring 6.8m x 2.8m. Here we also provide a close up of its truly beautiful coral polyps. These species seem to grow very slowly making even the smallest of...

A huge news. Map the Giants continues to uncover unique, invaluable coral colonies through the help of citizen scientists. Amid this global coral reef crisis, it is heartwarming to still discover giant coral colonies in our ocean. Map the Giants is once again proving that Nature can truly be...

Sometimes submissions contain few, yet key information. It may happen that divers discover a giant coral colony during a dive in a location they only visit once. The data they provide are anyways valuable for our database. Visual estimation, might not be precise, but multiple photos of the colony...

A beautiful giant Porites was found in Seychelles and reported to our database. This giant sits at 14 m of depth off the coast of Fregate Island. The magnificent photos by Daniel Bichsel of Oceans Hope . It measures 8.1m in its longest straight line and 23.1 m in...

Drone videos are a great tool to identify giant coral colonies as they allow to cover a wide area in a relatively short time. This technique allows to explore shallow waters, and marine biologist Olivia Forster and her team at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Island have been able to...

🌊 One of the key goals of MapTheGiants is to raise awareness about the value and delicate fragility of coral reef ecosystems, with a special focus on ancient, centennial coral colonies. It was truly a pleasure to connect with so many passionate individuals at Meet Me Tonight 2024 to...

Map the Giants is expanding its reach 🌍. Here is an interesting discovery from the Red Sea. A giant 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 sp. that seems to have broken off from its base and now rests at a depth of 9.5 meters. It was measured using an underwater tape, revealing it to...

A remarkable giant from the Red Sea, thanks to Red Sea Global. This 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 sp. was photographed and measured through photogrammetry and stands 7.9m tall and 6.3m wide. Creating the reconstruction of colonies through photogrammetry, not only allows to gather more precise information on the size of the colony,...