The Australian government and a United Nations body faced off this week over whether the Great Barrier Reef is “in danger” of losing its “outstanding universal value” and its place on the World ...

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. Officials from ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing yet another mass coral bleaching event due to heat, the country’s government confirmed Friday. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which ...

It was just a couple of weeks ago that researchers revealed the extent to which mankind has messed up the ocean’s coral reefs. It was an incredibly dire report that pointed to rising ocean temps ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes.

Coral across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most devastating die-off on record, a new report says. In just nine months, bleaching caused by warmer water has killed around 67% of the ...

World's most spectacular coral reef damaged by bleaching Reef could be added to 'in danger' list of World Heritage sites Warning adds to calls for Australia to strengthen climate policy June 23 ...

Perhaps you’ve heard that the epic, 1,400-mile-long Great Barrier Reef in Australia has died. Perhaps you have read its obituary by writer Rowan Jacobsen on the website Outside Online. But before you ...

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 ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes.