In the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, reef fish species richness has experienced big fluctuations—flipping from periods with high numbers of different species, and periods where that ...

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

We reveal that the fish communities that make their home on the Great Barrier Reef have changed substantially from the beginning of monitoring in the 1990s, both in the number of species and their ...

It was first sighted in a sand burrow by scientists mapping the changing biodiversity on and around Lady Elliot Island at the Great Barrier Reef’s southern end. “It’s been a while since a ‘never ...

Using a remote-controlled submarine, my colleagues and I discovered five new species of black corals living as deep as 2,500 feet (760 meters) below the surface in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral ...

A new “exciting” species of fish was discovered in the Great Barrier Reef, the first new species found in the reef, the world’s largest, in years, according to Australian researchers.

Great Barrier Reef: Never before recorded species of fish found hiding ‘in plain sight’ Queensland researchers have discovered a never-before-recorded species of fish hiding “in plain sight ...

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers on the Great Barrier Reef have discovered a never-before-recorded species of fish hiding “in plain sight”.

It may be tiny, but this fish – the first completely new species found on the Great Barrier Reef since 2019 – is causing a stir among marine biologists that far outweighs its size.

We reveal that the fish communities that make their home on the Great Barrier Reef have changed substantially from the beginning of monitoring in the 1990s, both in the number of species and their ...

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers on the Great Barrier Reef have discovered a never-before-recorded species of fish hiding “in plain sight”.