Green sea turtles' gender is temperature ... Research - carried out on a group of 200,000 turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef - found this poses a threat to the population of the endangered ...

Recent heat extremes in the seas around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are ... creatures including the large green turtle and the sea cow (dugong). The reef, which was listed as a World ...

Raine Island, a 52-acre half-moon of sand on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, is the biggest nesting island on Earth for green sea turtles. More than 90 percent of the northern Great Barrier ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is home ... beautiful corals and water clarity, the reef was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Area in 1981. Several reef species, including dugongs and loggerhead ...

To say that the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef ... than 1,250 miles along Australia's northeast coast. Green turtles, dolphins and whales live there, along with 200 species ...

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most unique and diverse ... including the dugong (or "sea cow") and the green sea turtle UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is important to protect the reef ...

Dugongs and sea turtles swim in the waters around the island. Part of the outer Great Barrier Reef, Wheeler Reef lies some 40 nautical miles off the coast of Townsville. Wheeler Reef is off the beaten ...

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

The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and ... It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of species such as the dugong (‘sea cow’) and the large green turtle, which are ...