"The Great Barrier Reef ... algae and plants. More recently, his team has also identified the rabbit fish, a brown, bland-looking species, as a potentially important harvester of seaweed.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has endured seven mass bleaching ... heat stress can make coral polyps bleach by expelling their symbiotic algae. These colorful "zooxanthellae" algae provide ...

causing the coral to secrete algae that provide many nutrients and color. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said aerial surveys of two-thirds of the reef had confirmed widespread bleaching.

Exposure to ongoing heat, pollution and low tides can result in coral expelling its algae, which turns the ... to-back mass bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef between 2016 and 2017, which ...

Australian scientists said Wednesday that they had found a widespread decrease in coral cover in southern parts of the Great Barrier Reef ... microscopic symbiotic algae that give it most of ...

Often dubbed the world's largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef is a 1,400-mile expanse ... rise and the coral expels microscopic algae, known as zooxanthellae, to survive.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority divers survey ... causing the coral to secrete algae that provide many nutrients and color. The events that led to bleaching occurred long before ...

The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the largest living coral reef system on Earth, about 300 times larger than the next largest reef, found off the coast of Belize. This unique ...

In one northern section of the reef, about a third of hard coral had died, the "largest annual decline" in 39 years of government monitoring, the agency said. Often dubbed the world's largest living ...

The Great Barrier Reef is still recovering from the damage caused by Cyclone Jasper a year ago. Scientists say mud and mangrove damage is posing a large threat to reef rehabilitation.

Many visitors say the Great Barrier Reef is best seen through a scuba mask, but it's no small feat to traverse the area's dive spots. When choosing which regions to explore, consider your skill ...

Climate change-driven heat and cyclones have caused a large chunk of the Great Barrier Reef to drop in health ... can result in coral expelling its algae, which turns the coral from a vibrant ...