This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Not far beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, where the Great Barrier Reef lives, parrotfish teeth grind against rock ...

The Great Barrier Reef is home to an incredible amount of biodiversity, with over 9,000 known species of marine life National Geographic Society. However, there are likely many more species that ...

An extremely rare white humpback whale calf has been spotted near Australia's Great Barrier Reef in an event witnesses described Thursday as a “once in a lifetime experience”. Believed to be ...

Many visitors say the Great Barrier Reef ... sea turtles and humpback whales, Cairns' reefs are teeming with wildlife. Known locally as the Outer Barrier Reef, these reefs are ideal for first ...