The bleaching hitting the Great Barrier Reef not only harms corals. As these close-up photos show, it also deprives many other species of a home and livelihood.
The Great Barrier Reef has suffered the worst bleaching event in its history, with many corals in the reef’s remote northern reaches expected to die as a result of warm waters linked to this summer’s El Niño.
It can be easy to feel forgotten in Australia, residing as we do in the planet’s more sparsely populated southern hemisphere – but one place where Earthling hemisphere bias loses significance is when looking down on the globe from space. Enjoy these 10 stunning NASA images of different parts of Australia, many taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Over the past 50 years space exploration has revealed that oceans exist on the moons of other planets in our Solar System. But what exactly – if anything – lives beneath the surface of these otherworldly seas?
This summer’s sea temperatures were the hottest on record for Australia: here’s why.
A popular WA tourist location is making headlines after a recent study found recreational moorings were destroying the sea floor – but the scientists who conducted the research say their findings have been over-hyped.
What the ‘weather’ is like on a star can help in the search for life.
Last summer, 2.4 million Australian adults were getting sunburnt each weekend. But what’s actually happening in the skin during a sunburn?
Here’s when and where to see the International Space Station across Australia over the next fortnight.
Eating insects is growing in popularity. Are they just a trendy addition to city restaurants, or might they be the solution to feeding the planet’s burgeoning population?