The reef is home to over 600 types of corals, 3,000 kinds of mollusks and 1,625 kinds of fish, as well as dozens of types of sharks, whales, dolphin, and rays, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park ...

The Great Barrier Reef, located along the coastline of Queensland, is the world’s largest and longest coral reef system. Averaging about the same size as Japan or Italy, it is made up of more ...

I spent one night on the Rum Runner, a 65-foot sailboat that ports in Cairns, Australia. The boat calls itself a floating hostel that sleeps 18 people on trips to the Great Barrier Reef.

The widespread heat stress on the Great Barrier Reef, causing huge bleaching events among the corals, has been revealed in new satellite images. A map, shared by the NASA Earth Observatory, ...

The Great Barrier Census has now collected more than 75,000 images of the reef, and with the help of citizens 510 unique reefs have been surveyed 15 per cent of reefs across the Great Barrier Reef.

New research shows that Australians care deeply about the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)—one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World—but 13% can't tell you where it is located.

The Great Reef Census collects a trove of images of what is arguably Australia’s greatest natural treasure. Each picture can contain vital information about the health of the Great Barrier Reef.

Australia is pushing back on a United Nations-backed mission’s recommendation to add its treasured Great Barrier Reef to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, saying there was no need for ...

"So when it empties, it empties an enormous amount of water out into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon." Another satellite image shows there was also run-off from rivers north of Cardwell on February 6.