The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), infamous for its appetite for live coral, has long been blamed for the decline of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. They are a “major contributor” ...

Decapod crabs may protect the Reef by consuming juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish, a major coral predator. Researchers from UQ and AIMS found crabs eat over five baby starfish per day, aiding coral ...

Values are also provided for the Great Barrier Reef (see below for details ... The actual data values used to produce each graph are available via the "Raw dataset" link. The format for these data is: ...

New research shows that Australians care deeply about the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)—one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the ...

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

Ningaloo in Western Australia offers a chance to swim with whale sharks on a relatively undiscovered coral reef ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from HyperLocal. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Games, held every two years in Cairns since 2013, will take place across the Cairns, Atherton and ...

In 2016 and 2017, marine heat waves caused by climate change resulted in mass bleaching, which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world.

The Great Barrier Reef Masters Games are back and there’s still time to register in any of 22 sports – and you don’t have to be as old as you think. The Games, held every two years in Cairns ...

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 ...