Corals in Australia's Great Barrier Reef spawned last week — a mysterious synchronized ritual. Photos and video show snowstorm-like flurries of colorful coral eggs and sperm filling the water.

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 ...

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 ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals.   From food security to controlling seaweed and ...

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 ...

A survey found that between August 2021 and May 2022, average hard coral cover in two areas of the Great Barrier Reef increased by about one-third.

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 ...

More information: F. Javier González-Barrios et al, Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef, Nature Communications (2025).