New research has revealed that years of targeted crown-of-thorns starfish control on the Great Barrier Reef has protected ...

These starfish can each munch over 100 square feet of coral every year, so culling them can help degrading reefs recover.

As the modern Great Barrier Reef emerged after the last ice age, it had to cope with multiple environmental stresses—rising ...

Targeted culling of crown-of-thorns starfish has resulted in parts of the Great Barrier Reef maintaining and even increasing ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of its worst bleaching events on record. (Video: Australian Institute of Marine Science) Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing one of ...

Concern that the Great Barrier Reef may be suffering the most severe mass coral bleaching event on record has escalated after a conservation group released footage showing damage to the reef deep ...

It is clear that despite management efforts at local, regional and national levels, a significant number of threats to the reef are getting worse. "The tourism industry, desperate to maintain ...

"The Great Barrier Reef has died again. 75 percent bleached apparently," says Australian geophysicist Peter Ridd in an April ...

Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens.

Vast areas of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s biggest coral system, have been affected by mass coral bleaching caused by a marine heatwave. Surveys have shown major bleaching is ...

The Great Barrier Reef — a colorful and iconic natural wonder off the coast of Australia that spans an area of 133,000 square miles (344,400 square kilometres) — is suffering potentially ...

The Great Barrier Reef is a bucket list destination for many, many people. But a sad reality for the reef system, and for all of the rest on the planet, is that human presence there is incredibly ...