To say that the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef may be understating things; the Australian government notes that it is "the only living organic collective visible from Earth's ...

Wreckage from an Australian WWII aircraft has been discovered deep underwater on the Great Barrier Reef. The Royal Australian Air Force said the plane was used to fight the Japanese in 1942 when ...

In 2016 and 2017, marine heat waves caused by climate change resulted in mass bleaching, which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world.

To peer into the reef’s past, researchers drilled rock cores and used underwater sonar to reconstruct the previous locations of the Great Barrier Reef. The team found that the reef has moved around ...

this magnificent underwater ecosystem could be lost forever. The Hottest Ocean Temperatures in 400 Years Researchers have uncovered that the ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef are now ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its second bleaching event in as many years, with the marine park authority reporting corals in ...

Is visiting the Great Barrier ... of the reef. Quicksilver was a great choice for him! He spent the whole day buzzing around the pontoon between the semi-submersible boat, the underwater ...

photographing underwater corals as they adapt to climate change. He captured the Great Barrier Reef during its latest—and most devastating—mass die-off, and documented how coral off the coast ...

The Great Barrier Reef was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. The vast underwater ecosystem is home to more than 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish, according to UNESCO.