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, ...

Dear EarthTalk: How is the Great Barrier Reef off Australia faring? -- Mary, via email The Great Barrier Reef, one of the world’s most biodiverse marine ecosystems, is facing its most severe crisis.

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 ...