Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every grade schooler knows that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest. The stuff of Attenborough doc legend, it’s ...

The whale shark — a shark, not a whale — is the largest fish in the world, roughly the length of a city bus. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), which live in warm seas, are known as majestic creatures.

From serene paddles in Shark Bay to adrenaline-charged jet boating on the Gold Coast, Australia’s coastline is a playground for every kind of water lover. Whether you’re chasing world-class surf, ...

A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, officials said.

A youth pastor was killed in a shark attack while spearfishing in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Luke Walford, 40, a chaplain at the Cathedral of Praise Church in central Queensland, ...

Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef system on the north-east coast, is rightly recognised as a Unesco ...

The return of sharks to Ashmore Reef after marine protection was enforced in 2008 shows how top predators influence not just what they eat, but how other species behave. New research reveals that ...

Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometers northeast of Sydney. It's covered in lush forest and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.

A 17-year-old girl was killed by a shark at a popular tourist beach in Australia on Monday — marking the third fatal shark attack Down Under in less than six weeks. The Queensland Ambulance Services ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass bleaching of its ...