UNESCO’s comments confirm what experts already know: despite substantial money and effort, threats to the Great Barrier Reef ...

In a new TED Talk, the executive director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation shared new scalable technologies that are ...

New research adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it. The findings suggest the reef can withstand ...

Importantly, this indicates that even the upper sea level rise bounds are within the survival limits of resilient reef ...

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

Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic structure on Earth. The Great Barrier Reef is occasionally called the ...

During the past two years, Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef suffered its largest die-off ever recorded -- with an average of 67 percent of corals in one area declared dead, scientists said on ...

Millions of people around the world have no access to clean drinking water. Listen to a World Service story about a new book that could help in more ways than one... Man shot at Ferguson protest ...

A BRITISH teenager and his dad drowned while visiting the Great Barrier Reef, an inquest heard. Owen Reed, 17, was caught by a wave while swimming in waist-high water. Dad Robin, 46 ...

The best way to get around the Great Barrier Reef is by car or boat, depending on where you plan to spend the majority of your time. If you're on the mainland, renting a car is the best way to get ...

SNAP-X could help overcome a major bottleneck in reef restoration efforts at a time when climate change is hammering coral habitats. The gel is applied to surfaces as a coating and releases the ...