Coral Reef Area: 344,400 sq km Australia hosts the largest coral reef system in the world. The Great Barrier Reef spans ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The United Nations issued a dire alert Monday, warning that many of the world’s coral reefs could die as soon as 2040 as a result of climate change. Already, warming waters have ...

STORY: Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year. That’s according to a new report released by the Australian ...

Claims new artificial reefs being installed in a protected marine park could damage a vulnerable natural coral reef are disputed by Queensland's environment minister.

Mounting evidence shows the state of coral reefs is worsening despite concerted local conservation. The answer is public ...

Along Western Australia's remote coast, Ningaloo Reef offers a rare experience: a multi-day kayak trip into a world of ...

Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's ...

Dive into the coral reefs of Southeast Asia or Australia and you’ll likely spot a wrasse. But which of the hundreds of kinds of wrasses will you see? These fish can be 1 inch to more than 8 feet in ...

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.

(CNN) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, the reef’s managers confirmed Friday, the result of soaring ocean temperatures caused by the global climate crisis and ...

By 2100, Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, ...

A stream of bubbles discovered seeping from an underwater volcano has sparked a worrying prediction. Scientists warn their ...