An Australian research vessel testing a localized form of climate engineering — artificial modification of the weather — to ...

A 14-hour drive north of Perth, Ningaloo is unique. The world's largest fringing reef and another of Australia's Unesco World ...

The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches over 1,400 miles along Australia’s east coast, is bigger than the United Kingdom, ...

"Our simulations showed that COTS control led to increased coral cover in about 85 percent of cases, with roughly one-third of reefs experiencing more than 10 percent growth," said Tina Skinner, ...

A towering coral reef has emerged from the depths of Australia’s northern waters, reshaping what scientists thought they knew ...

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs ...

Also, scientists are trying to save the Great Barrier Reef with man-made clouds. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs ...

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs ...

The species, which has a broad distribution in the Indo-Pacific, was previously known locally to only live off Western Australia’s tropical coast — until now. “It’s presumably the first sighting and ...

The affected reef, which took decades to grow, supported various marine species, including clownfish, shrimp, and coral ...