But some marine life hasn't gotten the memo. I realized this while snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef recently, when I turned my head and came face-to-face with a hefty, majestic loggerhead sea turtle.

The Great Barrier Reef is mind-blowingly beautiful, here's a pick of ways you can experience the marine park’s myriad wonders You don’t need to be an expert diver, gung-ho snorkeller or even a ...

Local 10’s Eco Hero adventure has made it to the Great Barrier Reef. It’s the largest coral reef system in the entire world ...

Many of the travelers who come to Australia head to the Great Barrier Reef, which at 133,000 square miles is about the size of California. It alone is responsible for about $6 billion AUD of the ...

UNESCO’s comments confirm what experts already know: despite substantial money and effort, threats to the Great Barrier Reef aren’t going away.

The Great Barrier Reef's total $56 billion AUS value includes $29 billion from tourism, $3.2 billion from recreational activities, and $23.8 billion from "indirect or non-use value," a fuzzier ...

The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its fifth coral bleaching event in eight years. ... and they’re working to respond by offering hands-on activities. Reef Research Relies on Tour Operators.

Since 1981, the Great Barrier Reef has been designated as a World Heritage Site due to its immense ecological value. However, the emergence of new threats, primarily from human activities, has ...

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.

When the Great Barrier Reef experienced back-to-back bleaching in 2016 and 2017, Dr. Henley and colleagues wondered what kind of temperatures it had weathered before records were kept.

Dr. Ella Vallelonga, from the University of Adelaide's Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, examined how reef ...