It's no surprise the Great Barrier Reef is one of the most Googled natural wonders on Earth. This living icon boasts over ...

Not many people visit Lady Elliot Island, at the Great Barrier Reef's southern tip. But a lot of people are trying to protect ...

Purple and yellow Coral at the Great Barrier Reef.(ABC News: Chris Lewis) As scientists, Jenny and John are all too aware of them. But they also marvel at how well it has managed to withstand ...

The one thing no one ever tells you about the Great Barrier Reef is how noisy it is. As soon as I duck my head under the ...

A research outpost on the Great Barrier Reef has long been at the centre of the fight to preserve the world heritage area. Pat Hutchings is an authority on sea worms, not guns, but she was pretty sure ...

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“A [Peter] Dutton-led LNP government is a real threat to the ongoing protection of the Great Barrier Reef and the 64,000 jobs that it supports.” Coral bleaching threat level from March to ...

By contrast, corals on the Great Barrier Reef tend to spawn between October and December. For the reef to recover quickly, it needs yearly influxes of new coral ... the blue economy and the ...

The current runs parallel to the shore and you can wander up the beach, swim the few metres out to the reef and drift back over the coral. And paddle a sea kayak about 800 metres out to the Blue ...