The hard version of coral polyps produces limestone that is used to form layer after layer of a rigid coral skeleton. Groups ...

Australia’s biggest natural wonder is a huge draw for tourists and fish alike. Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous reef.

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a ...

1,500 species of fish, 4,000 species of mollusks and, yes, an abundance of corals. But big does not mean indestructible. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which has jurisdiction over ...

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of ...

A 14-year study of coral reefs around inshore islands of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has documented substantial declines in fish populations, particularly around popular, highly visited inshore ...

Many visitors say the Great Barrier ... a kaleidoscope of fish, sea turtles and humpback whales, Cairns' reefs are teeming with wildlife. Known locally as the Outer Barrier Reef, these reefs ...

New research reveals significant transformations in fish communities on the Great Barrier Reef, the World's largest coral reef ecosystem. Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes ...

Their findings show Great Barrier Reef fish communities differ substantially from those of the 1990s, and the pace of change has increased. The findings raise questions around how long-known ...