Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches over 1,400 miles along Australia’s east ...

Every year, a mysterious gathering takes place on the remote northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef. Dwarf minke whales, ...

A 14-hour drive north of Perth, Ningaloo is unique. The world's largest fringing reef and another of Australia's Unesco World ...

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.

In July, Twitter collaborated with travel personality Mitchell Oates to livestream a dive at the Great Barrier Reef. More than 100,000 viewers watched at least part of Oates' dive, which you can ...

The United Nations says the Great Barrier Reef has suffered such extensive damage that it should be listed as "in danger." The warning prompted an immediate rejection from the Australian government.

The Great Barrier Reef is comprised of more than 3,000 individual reefs stretching for 2,300km (1,429 miles). The ecosystem supports 65,000 jobs in reef tourism.

This could hurt Australia’s tourism economy and job opportunities, as tourism linked to the Great Barrier Reef is estimated to employ more than 60,000 people.

With the Great Barrier Reef under unprecedented environmental stress, a new report is raising the alarm in terms of its potential economic loss. Valued at Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion), the ...

The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches across 1,430 miles of Australia's northeast coast, and can be seen from space, has suffered the loss of more than half of its corals in the last three ...

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.