Sydney: Lizard Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered one of the world's worst coral die-offs, with 92 per ...

Australia’s environment minister said on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites. (AP Photo/Sam ...

But Australia has three lower profile reefs that are also World Heritage listed—Ningaloo and Shark Bay in Western Australia, and Lord Howe Island, 600 kilometers off the New South Wales coast ...

These tropical oyster reefs are bigger and more widespread than anyone expected. In fact, they are some of the largest known intertidal oyster reefs (exposed at low tide) left in Australia.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering a mass bleaching event, the reef’s marine park authority confirmed Friday, the result of soaring ocean temperatures caused by the global climate ...

(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 Read More Skip to ...

The remains of a multimillion-year-old coral reef have been discovered in the middle of a desert in Australia.. Southern Australia's Nullarbor Plain, where the reef was found, is now a 76,000 ...

Australia's environmental minister argued that the country has already addressed several of the report's concerns over the world's largest coral reef.

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 ...

The Great Barrier Reef accounts for around 10% of the world's coral reef ecosystems. The network of more than 2,500 reefs covers 348,000 square kilometers (134,000 square miles).

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.