Scientists on Wednesday released new footage of the widespread devastation across Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The reef's ... this year following an extreme underwater heatwave in 2015-2016.

Wreckage from an Australian WWII aircraft has been discovered deep underwater on the Great Barrier Reef. The Royal Australian Air Force said the plane was used to fight the Japanese in 1942 when ...

To say that the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef may be understating things; the Australian government notes that it is "the only living organic collective visible from Earth's ...

In past bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef, the southern region ... We do real-time underwater surveys, photogrammetry to turn photos into 3D models of reefs and sediment collection ...

An underwater photographer working on the Great Barrier Reef says widespread bleaching has left her “heartbroken”, but ...

photographing underwater corals as they adapt to climate change. He captured the Great Barrier Reef during its latest—and most devastating—mass die-off, and documented how coral off the coast ...

In 2016 and 2017, marine heat waves caused by climate change resulted in mass bleaching, which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world.

The Great Barrier Reef was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. The vast underwater ecosystem is home to more than 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish, according to UNESCO.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its second bleaching event in as many years, with the marine park authority reporting corals in ...