The head of the Diving Tourism Chamber in the Red Sea Mostafa Hefny said that it was agreed with the Ministry of Environment to announce a new nature reserve under the name “the great fringing reef”, ...

Although not as big as Queensland's Great Barrier Reef, ... And Ningaloo is a fringing reef – the world's largest – which means it is close to shore, so you don't need a boat to reach it.

Branching through shallow waters along Australia's western coast, the 300-kilometre (185-mile) Ningaloo Reef is one of the largest "fringing reefs" in the world. advertisement.

After just one generation of breeding, scientists say they have been able to double the heat tolerance of Ningaloo Reef coral using re-engineering techniques first developed at the Great Barrier Reef.

CORAL reefs are divided into three classes, fringing, barrier and atoll. A fringing reef forms a terrace at the low tide level, extending out from the coast of any land, while a barrier reef is a ...

Ningaloo Reef, the world’s largest fringing reef, on Western Australia's breathtaking Coral Coast is the perfect example.At this World Heritage site, land safari opportunities are as varied and ...

The group’s five continental islands (Normanby, High, Russell, Round and Mabel) are part of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. All the islands are uninhabited and surrounded by ...

First detected by the Reef Guardians nonprofit in 2021, DAR believes the non-native corals resulted from someone dumping the contents of a saltwater aquarium into the ocean. Newsletter Today's ...

Stretching for 186 miles along the coast of Western Australia, Ningaloo is one of the world's most dazzling coral reefs, said Lizzie Frainier in The Sunday Times. Although not as big as Queensland ...