The World Wildlife Fund attached a GoPro to a turtle swimming to monitor levels of pollution within the Great Barrier Reef. The video’s release coincides with the United Nations Educational ...

And can it be reversed? Narrator: The Great Barrier Reef is big. So big, in fact, that you can see it from space. David Wachenfeld: It's important for people to remember that the Great Barrier ...

The Great Barrier Reef is divided into three main zones: the inner reef, the mid-reef, and the outer reef. The inner reef is closest to the mainland and consists of shallow waters and numerous ...

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 ...

Many visitors say the Great Barrier Reef is best seen through ... Known locally as the Outer Barrier Reef, these reefs are ideal for first-time divers and families because of the one- to three ...

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 ...

The world's largest coral reef (and the only living thing visible from space) is also one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half of its corals since 1995 due to warmer seas driven by climate change, a study has found. Scientists found all types of corals had suffered a ...