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

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, ...

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 ...

The Great Barrier Reef Drive from Cairns to Cape Tribulation has been named Australia’s 10th best family road trip, according to iSelect.

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.

"All of those scientists are genuinely doing everything they can." Scientists launch first-of-its-kind project along Great ...

Scientists have revealed how corals anchor themselves to reefs through a multi-step biological process. The findings could help restoration efforts focus on coral species most likely to survive and ...

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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 ...