Parts of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes ...

Experts say the colony is around 111 metres long - that's about the same length as a Premier League football pitch. Find out more here.

University of Sydney One Tree Island Research Station on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Fossilised cores were taken from this part of the reef. As the modern Great Barrier Reef emerged after the ...

The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding ...

Both aerial and in-water surveys have shown that the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing extensive coral bleaching. Surveys have also shown “limited bleaching” in the northern ...