Using a microscope to examine the dead Australian sharpnose shark, researchers from CQUniversity identified a “rare” parasitic worm, previously unknown to science, inside its gills.

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Marine biologists have deployed drones to document the world’s highest death rates of corals in the tropical waters off ...

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Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine ...

The UN’s World Heritage Committee met in Paris on Wednesday and ordered a full review of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef ...

New research has confirmed alarming coral mortality rates of 92 per cent after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island ...

Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine ...

The 2024 bleaching was part of a global marine heatwave that hit tropical reefs across the planet. Even though Lizard Island ...

Drone footage has revealed for the first time the full and devastating extent of coral bleaching at one of the Great Barrier ...