Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate ...

This is the Great Barrier Reef's wet season, with average daytime temperatures in the north hovering in the high 80s.

NanoAvionics MP42 satellite is equipped with a selfie stick and GoPro camera. See the footage it captured of the Great Barrier Reef after deploying the camera. Credit: NanoAvionics | mash mix: ...

Hundreds of scientists backed by the Australian government are working to save the iconic Great Barrier Reef with new technology. Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks to Cedric Robillot, executive ...

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the edge ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the ...

We were 10,000 feet above the Pacific, in a tiny Cessna that seemed like it should have been flying much lower than that, when the clouds cleared and Lady Elliot Island appeared below us like an ...

A green sea turtle near Lady Elliot Island. We were 10,000 feet above the Pacific, in a tiny Cessna that seemed like it should have been flying much lower than that, when the clouds cleared and Lady ...

Blackstone Inc has agreed to buy Hamilton Island, a major resort hub in the heart of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef. The private equity giant announced the deal Tuesday, subject to regulatory ...

University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic wasting disease that wiped out large, long-lived corals on the Great Barrier ...

It’s the largest living structure on Earth, 3,000 individual reefs, 900 islands, 1,430 miles, and it may be collapsing. Alas, The Great Barrier Reef Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Conditions, ...

What it's like to night dive on the Great Barrier Reef Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding millions in conservation ...