A Unesco heritage committee on Tuesday stopped short of listing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef as ... in November said the reef should be put on the danger list after frequent coral bleaching ...

Australia has narrowly avoided having its Great Barrier Reef placed on a list of “in danger” World Heritage sites by Unesco after taking moves to preserve the marine ecosystem. But ...

These starfish can each munch over 100 square feet of coral every year, so culling them can help degrading reefs recover.

The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 ...

A draft report by UNESCO shows that the Great Barrier Reef is not included in the list of endangered World Heritage sites. Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been included on UNESCO's list of ...

The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its fifth coral bleaching event in eight years. Tour operators are crucial in ...

Australia faces a potential Great Barrier Reef-style scramble ... appeal to the World Heritage Committee to include the Tasmanian Wilderness on the “in danger” list. “The Maugean skate ...

Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmed ...

Australia's iconic Great Barrier ... World Heritage site. Only two mass bleaching events had been recorded until 2016, and scientists say urgent climate action is needed for the reef to survive.

A "mass bleaching event" is unfolding on Australia's famed Great ... World Heritage Committee. The World Heritage Committee has threatened to put the reef on a list of "in danger" global heritage ...

A diver inspects a coral head along the Great Barrier Reef in August ... the federal government to keep the reef off the list of World Heritage sites in danger. In-danger listings are not supposed ...

It is clear that despite management efforts at local, regional and national levels, a significant number of threats to the reef are getting worse. "The tourism industry, desperate to maintain ...