Australia has, in recent decades, averaged more than three fatal shark attacks a year.

World Reef Awareness Day rolls around every year on June 1 to remind us about coral reefs, some of the most vital natural ...

A fisherman has died after being mauled by a shark on the Great Barrier Reef, the second fatal attack in Australia in the ...

An Australian man out spearfishing with friends was killed in a shark attack near the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland police ...

Australia’s leading environmental groups have made an urgent call to the UN ahead of a worldwide meeting about the future of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing yet another mass coral bleaching event due to heat, the country’s government ...

A man has died after he was attacked by a shark near Kennedy Shoal, a shallow reef around 28 miles off the coast of ...

A SPEARFISHER has been mauled to death in a savage shark attack near the Great Barrier Reef. The 39-year-old was attacked at Kennedy Shoal, a shallow reef about 30 miles off the coast of ...

This is the Great Barrier Reef's wet season, with average daytime temperatures in the north hovering in the high 80s. Intermittent tropical downpours are common, meaning water visibility is blurred ...

A spearfisher has been mauled on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia’s second fatal shark attack in just over a week.

The Great Barrier Reef – the world's largest reef system that's "one of the richest and most complex natural ecosystems on Earth" – is once again undergoing a mass coral bleaching event. Officials ...

The central and northern stretches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef are showing the highest coral cover seen in 36 years, showing that the fragile UNESCO World Heritage site could still recover from ...