Over six months, healthy coral is bleached and then covered with algae. Scientists say bleaching has hit 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia's "biggest ever environmental disaster." ...

Before and after photos of coral bleached and later dying between March and May 2016 off Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Picture: XL Caitlin Seaview Survey “BEAUTIFUL one day, perfect ...

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 ...

Coral release bundles of eggs and sperm in the Great Barrier Reef on November 23, 2021. Gabriel Guzman/Calypso Productions Phillips and other diving photographers captured stunning photos and ...

Around Lizard Island, the amount of live coral covering the reef has dropped from about 40 percent in March to less than 5 percent today. Still, it wasn't all tragedy out on the Great Barrier Reef.

New video from the World Wildlife Fund reveals coral reef bleaching in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the country’s most important tourist sites.

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 ...

Ocean warming and extreme weather are devastating the Great Barrier Reef. In 2016 alone, 29 percent of shallow-water coral was lost. Parts of the reef have been razed by cyclones or eaten alive by ...

New video from the World Wildlife Fund reveals coral reef bleaching in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the country’s most important tourist sites.