The reef is home to over 600 types of corals, 3,000 kinds of mollusks and 1,625 kinds of fish, as well as dozens of types of sharks, whales, dolphin, and rays, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park ...

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most unique and diverse ecosystems in the world. Located off the coast of Queenslan ...

The noise of motorboats over the Great Barrier Reef can stress its inhabitants, stunting the growth of young fish and leaving them less likely to live to adulthood By Christa Lesté-Lasserre 20 ...

The only fish species on the Great Barrier Reef to care for their offspring as juveniles has found a win-win approach to protecting their young from parasites. As well as drastically reducing a ...

Great Barrier Reef fish evidence suggests shifts in major global biodiversity patterns Date: January 14, 2025 Source: Lancaster University Summary: Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big ...

Fishing and conserving in Great Barrier Reef's marine reserves Date: February 5, 2025 Source: Queensland University of Technology Summary: A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that ...

Google's Panoramio site, which links pictures to locations, will eventually allow a total of about 50,000 panoramas to be uploaded and accessible via Google Earth and Google Maps.

Picture: supplied. QPWS Regional Director of Great Barrier Reef and Marine Parks Tina Alderson said new equipment being trialled could save time and protect greater sections of the reef.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures have turned corals white on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in the first-ever mass bleaching under the cooling conditions created by the La Niña weather pattern.

On the 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) length of the Great Barrier Reef, only one species behaves like that, and they’re not as pretty as clownfish.