Australia's Minister for Environment Tanya Plibersek speaks at a press conference at Parliament House. The Australian government on Tuesday heralded a draft report of the United Nations Educational, ...

Dear EarthTalk: How is the Great Barrier Reef off Australia faring? -- Mary, via email The Great Barrier Reef, one of the world’s most biodiverse marine ecosystems, is facing its most severe crisis.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass ...

Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.

The federal government has launched a vital bid to save the Great Barrier Reef from being declared “in danger” – a listing ...

Marine biologist Anne Hoggett snorkels to inspect and record bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef - Copyright AFP/File John ...

Do you know which is the largest coral reef in the world? Explore why the Great Barrier Reef holds this title, along with its ...

Australia's climate action still falls short of what is needed to protect the Great Barrier Reef from marine heatwaves and ...

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

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass bleaching of its ...