Tour operators help cull 420,000 Drupella snail pests from Great Barrier Reef
Queensland tourism operators have helped cull more than 420,000 benign-looking predators that are killing coral on the Great…
Lady Elliot Island’s bleached coral recovers after Cyclone Alfred cools sea temperature
As Queenslanders waited for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall, its meander along the coastline brought relief to heat-stricken…
Great Barrier Reef plea launched by Australian activists in Korea
Subway signs, bus billboards, and even a blimp have been deployed by activists in Korea as the fight…
Great Barrier Reef avoids ‘in danger’ listing in World Heritage Committee draft decision
The Great Barrier Reef has avoided an “in danger” listing in a draft decision by the World Heritage…
‘Systemic racism’ claims identified in buried reef authority review
An independent review into the agency tasked with protecting the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef revealed staff were…
Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?
The small boat set off from a tiny island in the Western Pacific Ocean, its destination only a…
Abrolhos Islands coral reef shows resistance to climate bleaching, study finds
Scientists have discovered a coral reef off Western Australia remained shockingly unscathed by a record marine heatwave that…
Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave
The Houtman Abrolhos Islands, off Western Australia, where corals appear to be exceptionally heat-tolerant Bill Bachman/Alamy Coral reefs…
Coral colony discovered by mother and daughter citizen scientists could be world’s largest
Scientists have welcomed the “impressive” discovery of what is thought to be the largest coral colony on the…
Coral Adventurer passengers rescued after reef crash off Papua New Guinea
The vessel was floated off the reef on Tuesday with the help of a large tugboat sent from…
Coral reefs have fuelled severe global warming in Earth’s past
Corals build their skeletons out of calcium carbonate, emitting carbon dioxide as a by-product Reinhard Dirscherl/Alamy The extent…
Scientists and Indigenous rangers partner up in trial restoration of Great Barrier Reef
Millions of baby coral are being released in what is estimated to be the largest restoration trial on…