An expedition to find lost shipwrecks on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef begins Friday. The voyage is part of the Great Reef Census, one of the world’s largest marine citizen science projects ...

Although there’s no “Reef View” to rival the Street View on Google Maps, a bird’s-eye view of the Great Barrier Reef using new map data and satellite imagery is now available for anyone to ...

Great Barrier Reef Map -- NE Australia (IMAGE) University of Sydney. Caption. a) map shows the extend of the 2 regions (i-north, ii-south) of the GBR used in this study. b ...

Coral across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most devastating die-off on record, a new report says. In just nine months, bleaching caused by warmer water has killed around 67% of ...

The sheer size of the Great Barrier Reef makes mapping expeditions expensive, and, no surprise, funding is hard to come by. Large ships that use remote sensing in deep waters can cost AU$40,000 ...

A flotilla of tourist boats, fishing vessels and yachts is conducting a pioneering survey of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Conservationists have recruited more than 30 boats to help examine up ...

In Australia, the Great Barrier Reef generates an estimated AU$6 billion in economic activity, according to the Queensland government. The reef, either directly or indirectly, supports 69,000 jobs.

It would seem almost impossible for anything else in Australia to match the Great Barrier Reef for underwater beauty and ecological diversity. But a new study has found that the legendary site may ...

Coral across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most devastating die-off on record, a new report says. In just nine months, bleaching caused by warmer water has killed around 67% of ...

Coral across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most devastating die-off on record, a new report says. In just nine months, bleaching caused by warmer water has killed around 67% of ...