Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

Scientists from the University of Technology Sydney are searching for “super corals,” species that are naturally more ...

Dominant male and female barrier reef anemonefish near Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Image credit: Justin Marshall. Among animals that establish social hierarchies, one of the most common and ...

The Great Barrier Reef should be added to the list of world heritage sites that are “in danger”, a team of scientists concluded after conducting a mission to the world’s largest coral reef ...

The Great Barrier Reef – the world's largest reef system that's "one of the richest and most complex natural ecosystems on Earth" – is once again undergoing a mass coral bleaching event.

A new study has awful news for the Great Barrier Reef. Located off the coast of Australia, this reef is one of the largest in the world. However, this world treasure is in dire need of help, as ...

Scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have successfully trialled a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae, which they believe could help rewild reefs threatened by climate change ...

NOAA's Coral Reef Watch alert system shows that many areas in and around the Great Barrier Reef are undergoing bleach alerts of varying degrees on their scale, which ranges from 1 to 5.

The first recorded bleaching event at the Great Barrier Reef occurred in 1998, and a second was observed in 2002. After a 14-year gap, four others occurred in close succession: in 2016, 2017, 2020 ...