Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding ...

Explore the breathtaking Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, stretching along Australia's northeastern ...

Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of widespread decline, marking the first time the planet has reached a climate ‘tipping point’, researchers announced ...

Ninety-one percent of reefs surveyed along the Great Barrier Reef in Australia were affected by coral bleaching to some degree during the summer of 2021-22, according to a government study.

In what seems like excellent news, coral cover in parts of the Great Barrier Reef is at a record high, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. But this doesn’t ...

The central and northern stretches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef are showing the highest coral cover seen in 36 years, showing that the fragile UNESCO World Heritage site could still recover from ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say. But due ...

CANBERRA, Australia — More than 90 percent of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years in the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, ...

The world's alarm bells are ringing loudly. What follows is a list of really good reasons to despair – and an excellent argument for why you absolutely should not.

From August 2021 to May 2022, the central and northern regions of the Great Barrier Reef had hard coral cover levels of 33% and 36%, respectively. Coral cover decreased by 4% in the southern region, ...

Bleaching happens when corals are stressed by increased temperatures. One of the world's most cherished natural wonders -- the Great Barrier Reef -- has suffered a widespread sixth bleaching event, ...

CANBERRA, Australia — More than 90% of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years, Australian government scientists said. Bleaching is caused ...