These luxury resorts, marine excursions, and natural phenomena make the sprawling natural wonder a must-visit.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park’s length is equivalent to that of the entire west coast of the U.S., yet accounts for 10 percent of the entire planet’s coral reef ecosystems ...

The Great Barrier Reef has “given birth” in its annual coral spawn, creating a cacophony of color on the Australian landmark. Scientists working beneath the waves say they witnessed the event ...

Many of the travelers who come to Australia head to the Great Barrier Reef, which at 133,000 square miles is about the size of California. It alone is responsible for about $6 billion AUD of the ...

Cairns, the gateway town to the Great Barrier Reef and home to more than 150,000 people, received around 600 mm (24 inches) of rain over 40 hours through early Monday morning.

Ningaloo Reef is one of the best preserved reefs left out there. Tourism Western Australia Every grade schooler knows that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest. The stuff of ...

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 ...

Comprising 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands across more than 134,000 square miles off the coast of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef—the world’s largest coral reef system—is an ...

The map shows just how much the temperatures around Australia's famous Great Barrier Reef has changed. The reef, which is vital for over a thousand species as well as Australia's economy, is in ...