Diveplanit recently hosted a targeted familiarisation program for North American dive club managers, demonstrating how easily the Great Barrier Reef and Fiji ...

In total, the reef system covers approximately 132,900 square miles (344,400 square kilometres), which makes it roughly the same size as Japan. In fact, it’s so large that it can be seen from space – ...

Australian scientists are donning their wetsuits and trying something bold to help one of the world's most iconic natural ...

Benefits to society from coral reefs, including fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, pharmaceutical discovery and more, ...

The Great Barrier Reef is in such rapid decline that Australian researchers are now trying something that once sounded like science fiction: brightening clouds to cast a protective shade over the ...

We’re all aware the Reef faces huge environmental challenges, so it’s heartening to know being a tourist can be part of the ...

This week the federal government delivered a 109-page State Party Report to UNESCO on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef, detailing work done to safeguard its future following the ...

"Star Wars" is unfolding on the Great Barrier Reef as operators rapidly respond to a new crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak off Cairns. The Reef Authority is deploying Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) ...

Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These events have been increasingly frequent, with major events occurring in 2016, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the ...

Star wars” are erupting off Cairns with scientist racing to quell a growing outbreak of coral eating pests that could chew through hundreds of kilometres of reef.