By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

A drop in shipping emissions has caused a surge in warming at the Great Barrier Reef, fuelling calls for drastic actions such ...

Conservationists have warned Australia is falling short on protecting the Great Barrier Reef as the nation prepares to table ...

Marine biologists have deployed drones to document the world’s highest death rates of corals in the tropical waters off ...

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

Australia has again been warned it has six months to avoid a possible "in danger" listing for the Great Barrier Reef from ...

The Australian Greens urge the Australian and Queensland governments to act on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee’s advice to protect the Great Barrier Reef, by ending their addiction to fossil fuels ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has ordered a full review of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef management in 2026, following the sixth mass bleaching event in nine years and severe coastal flooding.

Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine heatwave is taking its toll.

The UN’s World Heritage Committee met in Paris on Wednesday and ordered a full review of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef ...

One of Australia’s most iconic landscapes has been given just six months to turn its future around as it continues to battle ...