Researchers and tourism operators are alarmed as a survey of the WA coast after an intense marine heatwave reveals "heartbreaking" levels of bleaching among centuries-old coral structures.

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

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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

A months-long marine heatwave had "cooked" the sprawling Ningaloo Reef, ocean scientist Kate Quigley said, part of a UNESCO World Heritage-listed marine park renowned for vibrant corals and ...

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 ...

And Ningaloo is a fringing reef – the world's largest – which means it is close to shore, so you don't need a boat to reach it. From Perth, the state capital, I flew for two hours north to ...

An "unprecedented" mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white. A months ...