Many visitors say the Great Barrier Reef is best seen through a scuba mask, but it's no small feat to traverse the area's dive spots. When choosing which regions to explore, consider your skill level, ...

This past spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the world was undergoing a "global coral ...

An excavator is used to drag a shipping container onto the beach in the village of Mulivai Safata, Samoa, on Monday, Oct. 21, ...

Several Pacific island nations singled out Australia to do more to phase out fossil fuel exports during the Commonwealth ...

A research team has used nitrogen isotope analysis to demonstrate that 385 million years old corals from the Eifel and Sauerland regions had symbionts. This finding represents the earliest evidence of ...

Sea snakes, among the most venomous creatures, pose a significant threat to divers despite their paddle-like tails and short ...

Since 2023, more than 70% of the world’s reefs have experienced a level of heat stress. Elevated water temperatures trigger ...

Along Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef, curious visitors can witness an innovative new coral restoration project and help ...

In her second installment of "Letters from Down Under," Skalnik takes readers into the hidden world of coral reefs, exposing their vulnerabilities and the hope which still exists for one of nature’s ...

The world of science and conservation is mourning the loss of Professor Frank Talbot, a renowned marine biologist and former ...

Coral reefs throughout the world have suffered immensely from global heating due to human-caused climate change. Australia’s ...

The Great Barrier Reef is an Australian—and global—icon. The world's largest coral reef system is filled with an abundance of ...