Australia's Minister for Environment Tanya Plibersek speaks at a press conference at Parliament House. The Australian government on Tuesday heralded a draft report of the United Nations Educational, ...

I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the edge of the boat and pointed his ...

Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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. Lake ...

Do you know which is the largest coral reef in the world? Explore why the Great Barrier Reef holds this title, along with its ...

Marine biologist Anne Hoggett snorkels to inspect and record bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef - Copyright AFP/File John ...

Australia's climate action still falls short of what is needed to protect the Great Barrier Reef from marine heatwaves and ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Authorities are “very confident” the Great Barrier Reef will avoid UNESCO’s danger list due to the “stellar job” its done to ...