Getty ImagesParts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago, according to a new report.Northern and ...

A father tried in vain to save his teenage son before both drowned off the coast of Australia, an inquest has heard.Robin Reed and his son Owen, of Blackwood, ...

Seventeen-year-old Gout Gout won the Australian 200m title and broke the 20-second barrier with a wind-assisted performance in Perth.He crossed the line in 19.84 seconds - 0.2secs faster than ...

Two British tourists have drowned off the coast of a popular tourist town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef.A boy, 17, and a man, 46, were ...

A 40-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on the edge of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, local police said.Luke Walford, a youth pastor, had been spearfishing ...

Ove Hoegh-GuldbergThere have been five mass coral-bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef over the past nine years A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old ...

It is the fifth time in eight years widespread damage has been detected at the World Heritage site. Source link

It is the first time the government has rejected such a proposal, saying it posed an "unacceptable risk". Source link

Parts of the reef see the most coral growth in 36 years - but it is highly vulnerable to threats. Source link