In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...

Image by David Clode via Unsplash The Great Barrier Reef is home to several species of reef sharks, including blacktip, whitetip, and grey reef sharks. Despite their fearsome reputation, these sharks ...

Flights arrive at the Whitsundays Coast Airport (Proserpine), just a 30 minute-drive from Airlie Beach and gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Whitehaven Beach and the Whitsunday Islands.

Restoration can take other forms, including removing species that eat corals (such as parrot fish), transferring coral spawn, or even manipulating the local microbiome to enhance coral survival.

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals.   From food security to controlling seaweed and ...

Taylor Swift visited the super-luxurious holiday resort of Qualia close to Australia's Great Barrier Reef which was voted the best in the world by readers of Conde Nast ...

A 14-year study across inshore islands of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef shows severe declines in fish abundance and diversity, primarily due to human activity and climate-driven events like coral ...

Visiting David Attenborough’s ‘favourite place’ – why you should explore the reefs and rainforests of North Queensland Home to the Daintree Rainforest and with the Great Barrier Reef off ...

"Parrot fish on the reef really, really enjoy biting a newly transplanted coral," Pisano said. "They treat it kind of like popcorn." ...

Predators like parrot fish leave newly transplanted coral with less than a 40% survival rate, but researchers say the biodegradable cages boost that to over 90%.