University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic ...

A robotic assistant called the Deployment Guidance System (DGS) scans the seafloor and determines the best place for a coral to spawn.

Parts of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes ...

THE GREAT Barrier Reef is a natural marvel. Spanning 2,300km along the north-east coast of Australia, this vast ecosystem boasts hundreds of species of multicoloured corals across an area roughly the ...

New James Cook University research finds that using the right toxin more quickly kills Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) and ...

New research reveals that one of the largest-ever marine conservation initiatives has helped to prevent more frequent ...

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is affiliated with the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate, largely due to climate change, and the ...

Both aerial and in-water surveys have shown that the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing extensive coral bleaching. Surveys have also shown “limited bleaching” in the northern ...

Like a gardener surveying his veggie patch, Alan Wallish tells me the cabbages are running amok again: “They’ve become so dense. We really need a cyclone to come through and break them up so new ...

The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding ...

The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too much ocean heat. According to University of Sydney: The damage is at catastrophic levels. And as stated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

What it's like to night dive on the Great Barrier Reef Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding millions in conservation ...