Australia has the third largest ocean territory on the planet, measuring 13.8 million square kilometers, including the ...

As we continue our Earth Week and climate coverage, one topic that may seem a world away from the Bay Area but could impact most of us is all held in the coral reefs off the coast of Australia. The ...

Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's ...

SYDNEY, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Scientists in Australia have led one of the world's largest reef restoration tests on a coral reef ecosystem during the recent mass spawning on the Great Barrier Reef.

Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef system on the north-east coast, is rightly recognised as a Unesco ...

A towering coral reef has emerged from the depths of Australia’s northern waters, reshaping what scientists thought they knew about the ocean floor. Rising 500 meters from the seabed—taller than the ...

A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the Great ...

The remains of a multimillion-year-old coral reef have been discovered in the middle of a desert in Australia. Southern Australia's Nullarbor Plain, where the reef was found, is now a 76,000-square- ...

When Peter Harrison logs into a virtual meeting room one morning to discuss his life’s work, he is doing so while in the field. He is on a research vessel near Hook Island, one of the Whitsunday ...

The United Nations World Restoration Flagship program has recognised the incredible Australian project. Find out more.

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites, arguing that ...