We really need to grasp the fact that the greatest economic opportunity for business and the necessity for science is to stop ...

Researchers and tourism operators are alarmed as a survey of the WA coast after an intense marine heatwave reveals ...

The ancient desert falls away into the sea, with the Ningaloo Reef just a stone's throw off shore. As well as an object lesson in man and the natural world living in harmony, the whole area is ...

The end of Ningaloo’s whale shark season is late July which overlaps with the start of the humpback season, so it is possible ...

Now Ningaloo Reef is bleaching in earnest. The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching too in the waters from Cape York down to Townsville. This appears to be the first time these two World Heritage-listed ...

A recent survey of 21 sites across the Ningaloo Reef suggests a coral death rate between 1 to 5 per cent. Bleaching old-growth corals have highlighted the extent of the damage. Scientists say a ...

We were in for a surprise. The Indian Ocean filled the horizon to the west. Waves breaking nearby marked where the outer edge of Ningaloo Reef comes closest to land. We could easily trace the ...

Jason Fowler told ABC News Australia that the sunfish, discovered in late March at Lowlands Beach, resembled “a giant sort of ...

New research examined coral restoration projects worldwide to calculate what it would actually cost to bring back what’s ...

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