MELBOURNE, Australia — The United Nations issued a dire alert Monday, warning that many of the world’s coral reefs could die as soon as 2040 as a result of climate change. Already, warming waters have ...

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 ...

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Dive into the coral reefs of Southeast Asia or Australia and you’ll likely spot a wrasse. But which of the hundreds of kinds of wrasses will you see? These fish can be 1 inch to more than 8 feet in ...

With NOAA confirming late last month that more than 83% of the planet's reefs have been hit by extreme ocean heat since January 2023, scientists are finding that even the most resilient of Australia's ...

Restoring the natural oyster reefs that used to live along South Australia’s coastline could be the key to fighting the state ...

What struck Scott Bennett most were the razor clams. The long saltwater clams, resembling old-fashioned razors, normally burrow into sand to avoid predators. But when Bennett, an ecologist, visited ...