Map the giants: Press & News

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 🪸 We found this massive Porites — 23.5 meters around — during a recent exploration in the central-north  Maldives (Goidhoo). Sitting just 5.5m deep, it’s a living fortress of resilience. The coral has also been reconstructed through SfM photogrammetry and morphological metrics been extracted....

𝗔 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝙂𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗞𝗼𝗱𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘂, 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 A very large 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 was located in the lagoon of the resort in the Maldives. The colony was measured by the team of marine biologists and was recorded to have a perimeter of 94 meters and a length...

Giant Goniopora from Faafu AtollTechnology is an incredible tool to communicate science and reach a wide audience. During a short expedition in the Maldives, in Faafu Atoll where MaRHE Center is located, the Map the Giants team located a few giants. Amongst these, a giant Goniopora sp. measuring almost 30m in perimeter...

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...