WWF welcomes Australia's landmark decision to increase protection of the Ningaloo coral reef. Sydney, Australia - A landmark decision has been made in Australia to increase protection of the Ningaloo ...

Scientists have mapped more than 1,000 previously uncharted coral reefs across northern Australia using hundreds of satellite ...

A barren stretch of seafloor can look empty from above, but dropping the right structures onto it can quickly change what lives beneath the surface. That is what happened off Western Australia’s south ...

The Great Barrier Reef is world famous—it's the largest coral reef system in the world and home to tens of thousands of species. No wonder it is World Heritage listed. But Australia has three lower ...

With NOAA confirming late last month that more than 83% of the planet's reefs have been hit by extreme ocean heat since January 2023, scientists are finding that even the most resilient of Australia's ...

The world’s coral reefs are losing both hard coral cover and, just as critically, the time they need to recover between ...

April 23 (UPI) --More than 80% of the world's coral reefs fell victim to harmful bleaching and is now in "uncharted territory" with the worst global bleaching event in recorded history. The coral reef ...

Over 1,000 previously unmapped coral reefs have been discovered stretching across northern Australia, with scientists identifying the massive marine habitats without leaving the office. Led by the ...

A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the Great ...

Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef system on the north-east coast, is rightly recognised as a Unesco ...

The Great Barrier Reef is world famous – it’s the largest coral reef system in the world and home to tens of thousands of species. No wonder it is World Heritage listed. But Australia has three lower ...