NOAA-funded researchers have identified a new record size coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.
![Pictured: Big Momma, a large coral head, in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. NOAA-funded researchers have recently identified a NEW, record-sized coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world. (Image credit: NOAA National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa) Pictured: Big Momma, a large coral head, in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. NOAA-funded researchers have recently identified a NEW, record-sized coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2021/Jan/PHOTO%20-%20big-momma%20-%20NOAA%20-%2001212021%20-%201120x534%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=f0nmt-Gf)
Pictured: Big Momma, a large coral head, in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. NOAA-funded researchers have recently identified a NEW, record-sized coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world. (Image credit: NOAA National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa)