Described by UNESCO as “a globally outstanding and significant entity”, the Great Barrier Reef is an individual so vast it can be seen from space, and so significant it has been considered a ...

Coral reef halos, visible from satellites, can indicate reef health by reflecting predator presence and coral layout.

The Great Barrier Reef gets its name in part because of its size. It covers an area larger than New Zealand — so big it can be seen from space. The other half of its name comes from what it ...

the Great Barrier Reef is 2,300km long -- roughly the length of Italy -- and is the only living organism that can be seen from space. When Veron, a former Chief Scientist at the Australian ...

In coral reefs throughout the world, visually striking bands of bare sand surrounding reefs are often visible in satellite imagery but their cause ...

A new study published in The American Naturalist links grazing halo patterns in coral reefs, as well as those in other patchy ...

A parrotfish who like munching on the Great Barrier Reef. This weighs heavily on my ... It is also heartening to view the diversity of marine life: it is their colour that exceeds my expectations.

In March, for the first time ever, World Heritage-listed reefs on either side of Australia bleached in unison — Ningaloo in the west and the Great Barrier Reef in ... point of view, that coral ...

A remote Aussie beach has been named 11th best in the world for 2025 thanks to its 'incredible wildlife', 'nature soundtrack' ...