Tumbling backwards off the side of our tender, we plunge into an inky ocean. It’s just past dusk and the orange sunset is quickly fading as we release air out of our buoyancy vests and sink into the ...

An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship's crew. The passenger's daughter Katherine Rees on ...

Many people traveling to Australia dream of seeing the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system on Earth and one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It measures for 2,300 km, which is ...

HELEN ISLAND, Palau — The handful of rangers who protect one of Earth's most remote and biologically diverse reefs have only each other for company for months at a time. They worry about running out ...