We’re all aware the Reef faces huge environmental challenges, so it’s heartening to know being a tourist can be part of the ...

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...

The Great Barrier Reef story begins much earlier than most people realize. There is evidence that the Great Barrier Reef is around 650,000 years old, though researchers estimate that the precursor to ...

Rangers and community groups have joined forces to test Far North wetlands for pollutants as part of efforts to protect the ...

We were 10,000 feet above the Pacific, in a tiny Cessna that seemed like it should have been flying much lower than that, when the clouds cleared and Lady Elliot Island appeared below us like an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won’t survive if ...

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Air pollution is now recognized as one of the greatest threats to human health, contributing to an estimated 4.2 million ...

A new Fiji Airways route cuts travel time for North Americans traveling to the Great Barrier Reef from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth or Vancouver. ByRoger Sands, Contributor. Forbes ...

Oh, to be Bindi Irwin's daughter Grace Warrior! The 4-year-old lives inside Australia Zoo and gets to go on wild adventures ...

"An actual mermaid!" Grace's grandmother, Terri Irwin, commented on an adorable photo showing the youngster in the crystal ...

Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These ...