Australia is home to some of the world’s most beautiful reefs. This includes the lush Great Southern Reef, which wraps around ...

Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from harmful heat waves—but that protection will be lost if global warming continues, according to new research. High surface temperatures ...

At the end of the 1960s, there was every expectation the Great Barrier Reef would be drilled for oil. The first gas well had been drilled in Victoria's Bass Strait in 1965 and oil was discovered soon ...

Australia’s leading environmental groups have made an urgent call to the UN ahead of a worldwide meeting about the future of ...

MORE than 100 people attended the Mackay public hearing on the controversial Great Barrier Reef protection measures, calling for less of a big-stick approach to water quality. These were the words of ...

The Great Barrier Reef is set for a record funding boost but conservationists say the number one threat to its longevity - ...

The National Environmental Law Association (NELA) has recommended to a Queensland Parliamentary inquiry that the Environmental and Other Legislation (Reversal of Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures ...

The most important thing the government can do to save the Great Barrier Reef starts in a cow paddock, according to Lyndon Schneiders. Schneiders, who is the director of the Australian Climate and ...

The widespread demise of coral reefs due to climate change is now a certainty. But what role does art have in our future for coral reefs? Art is about feelings. One of the great challenges today is ...