A new study reveals that massive coral reefs between Australia and Southeast Asia expanded dramatically 20 to 10 million years ago, creating conditions for today’s rich marine life. Researchers from ...

Watch the video of a recent webinar that outlined work to produce the first detailed view of the extents of coral reefs in ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research published today in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million ...

Oysters are so much more than a seafood delicacy. They're ecosystem engineers, capable of building remarkably complex reefs. These structures act as the kidneys of the sea, cleaning the water and ...

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 ...

The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding ...

Coral reefs are important in many ways, but they also play a major role in protecting much of the world's coastlines from erosion by blocking up to 90% of incoming wave energy. During a tropical ...

The study, led by Australia's Edith Cowan University (ECU), shows the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years happened 20 to 10 million years ago in this region, now the world's ...