These small, hexagon-shaped pieces of steel are known as 'reef stars.' They have been used by scientists to successfully ...

It was voted as Australia’s Best Beach a few short months ago, but under the surface a dark shift is taking place. An army of ...

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

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

For more than 30 years, successive federal and state governments in Australia have claimed global leadership roles in conserving ocean areas. Just last year, the Albanese government claimed the latest ...

Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new ...

Australia’s waters cover all five of the world’s climate zones, from the coral reefs of the tropics to the icy shores of Antarctica. At least 33,000 marine species are found in the nation’s ...

When marine biologist Marianne Nyegaard went on a diving holiday to Bali, she did not realise it would set her on a path ...

Groundwater directly affects water chemistry in coral reefs and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

Australia's current emission target is consistent with a 2°C warming pathway. That level of warming would mean the loss of 99% of the world's coral reefs.

Fiji, an archipelago of breathtaking beauty shimmering in the South Pacific, lies approximately 1,300 miles from Australia’s ...