A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery catch.

Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres along the coast of ...

Researchers are urging policymakers to take action in light of 'catastrophic' damage to the world's largest coral reef system ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on ...

The Great Barrier Reef, a global treasure and the largest coral reef system on Earth, has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching event ever recorded. Spanning over 344,000 square kilometers, the ...

Life on the Great ... species is a better predictor of altered fish patterns than simply the percentage cover of hard corals—a widely-used metric to evaluate coral reef conditions. "The Great ...

The research by University of Sydney marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral mortality. It found that 66 percent of the colonies were bleached ...

Marine scientists tracked coral colonies in a remote area of the Great Barrier Reef and found ... is essential to predict how the species composition of coral reef ecosystems will change in ...

The research team meticulously tracked the health of 462 coral colonies at the University of Sydney's Great Barrier Reef research station at One Tree Island over a period of 161 days. The results ...