In 2012, Nature revealed that humans provide a home to thousands of different species of microbes in a series of papers that ...

Accessible only by private boat or helicopter, InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef lets guests bask in remote luxury and offers ultimate access to the unparalleled Great Barrier Reef. The ...

This satellite image, acquired by the Landsat-8 satellite on 23 August 2013, takes us off the east coast of Australia where currents swirl in the water around corals. The Great Barrier Reef is the ...

Scientists have completed the first comprehensive survey of the microbiome of the open waters of reef systems on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Scientists can now measure changes in the thousands of ...

It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was preceded by a rise in summer temperature from ~26° to ~28°C at around 700 thousand years ago (marine isotope stage 17). This ...

The amount of coral in some areas of the Great Barrier Reef is at its highest in 36 years, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. From August 2021 to May 2022, the ...

Two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia recorded the highest amount of coral cover in nearly four decades, though the reef is still vulnerable to climate change and mass bleaching, a ...

The best way to get around the Great Barrier Reef is by car or boat, depending on where you plan to spend the majority of ...