Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

The Great Barrier Reef is world famous—it's the largest coral reef system in the world and home to tens of thousands of species. No wonder it is World Heritage listed.

The barrier reef also protects the Keys from hurricanes and major storms by soaking up wave action. But while the news is grim, it's also a testament to the ingenuity of the research groups and ...

The reef is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching over 2,300 kilometers from the northern tip of Queensland to just north of Bundaberg.It is composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and ...

"The Great Barrier Reef has undergone major fluctuations, with hard coral cover on many reefs declining and then recovering in response to large disturbances," said Dr Mike Emslie of AIMS.

Australia has again been given a six month warning to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being placed on the World Heritage ...

A bid to win a coveted UN prize for the Great Barrier Reef is gaining international support after the campaign video clocked ...

NOAA's Coral Reef Watch alert system shows that many areas in and around the Great Barrier Reef are undergoing bleach alerts of varying degrees on their scale, which ranges from 1 to 5. NOAA Coral ...

A drop in shipping emissions has caused a surge in warming at the Great Barrier Reef, fuelling calls for drastic actions such ...

Local 10’s Eco Hero adventure has made it to the Great Barrier Reef. It’s the largest coral reef system in the entire world ...

After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World ...

Earlier this year, aerial surveys of over 300 reefs in the system off Australia's northeast coast found bleaching in shallow water areas spanning two-thirds of the reef, according to Great Barrier ...