Why care about reefs? In a word—biodiversity. The reef is home to 3,000 varieties of mollusks, over a hundred types of jellyfish, 1,625 species of fish, hundreds of shark and ray species, and over 30 ...

The Great Barrier Reef is perhaps on its final deathbed as it suffers from back to back massive dying events in the past two years. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is one of the great natural wonders ...

Canberra has given its approval to the building one of the world's largest coal shipping terminals near the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental groups have condemned the plan for both local and global ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A dead humpback whale calf has been found caught in the propeller of a tug boat at a coal terminal on the Great Barrier Reef, in an ...

CANBERRA, Australia—Australia approved the expansion of a shipping terminal close to the Great Barrier Reef on Tuesday, drawing criticism from environmentalists who say an area of outstanding natural ...