To say that the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef ... Global warming is a more difficult challenge: rising sea temperatures are causing mass coral bleaching—episodes in ...

Dugongs and sea turtles swim in the waters around the island. Part of the outer Great Barrier Reef, Wheeler Reef lies some 40 nautical miles off the coast of Townsville. Wheeler Reef is off the beaten ...

This summer, an intense marine heatwave struck off northwestern Australia, driving sea surface temperatures up to ... of ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is home to ... beautiful corals and water clarity, the reef was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Area in 1981. Several reef species, including dugongs and loggerhead ...

There's a lot of misinformation floating around about coral bleaching and the Great Barrier Reef. This month's Sea Hero ...

Most corals are colonial animals - superorganisms comprising lots of smaller organisms - made up of multitudes sea anemone-like ... Guldberg describes the Great Barrier Reef as "the Manhattan ...

Bleaching of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef ... deep sea diving instructors to scientists, conservationists and official government ministers. Not all the reef is open for access by people ...

Many visitors say the Great Barrier ... of fish, sea turtles and humpback whales, Cairns' reefs are teeming with wildlife. Known locally as the Outer Barrier Reef, these reefs are ideal for ...