The vibrant ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef faces a serious threat from rising sea temperatures—a phenomenon ... nature's very own resort, where each animal checks in for a season or a ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is home to ... beautiful corals and water clarity, the reef was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Area in 1981. Several reef species, including dugongs and loggerhead ...

This summer, an intense marine heatwave struck off northwestern Australia, driving sea surface temperatures up to ... of ...

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Narrator: This is the Great Barrier Reef, and it's dying ... living structure as well as a home to thousands of plant and animal species. Jessica Carilli: Like with trees in a forest, the corals ...

An "unprecedented" mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning ...

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

Listen to an audio recording from Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef (2.2MB ... such as the blue whale, to be the loudest animal in the ocean. Reef sounds are beneficial to some marine ...

These marine invertebrate animals have hard exoskeletons made of calcium ... Among the biggest and best-known are the reef systems of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, which is around 2,300 ...

The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the ... It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of species such as the dugong (‘sea cow’) and the large green turtle ...