The northern Great Barrier Reef is a part of the world’s largest coral reef system and home to one of the world’s largest green sea turtle populations. Over the course of a nesting season ...

Researchers in Australia secured a GoPro to a sea turtle's shell and followed it as it swam through Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The reef is the largest system of coral reefs on the planet and ...

Stunning Drone Footage Shows Thousands of Turtles Nesting on the Great Barrier Reef. ... State Officials Urge Caution After 'Rare' Sea Snake ‘More Venomous Than a Cobra’ Washes Up on Hawaii Beach.

In one population, on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, 65 to 69 percent of hatchling turtles were female. That's already a skewed ratio, but it's not the worst case.

Male sea turtles are disappearing from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. A new study of gender ratios found that 99 percent of immature green turtles born in the northern part of the reef are female.

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic structure on Earth. ... Along with six species of sea turtles, the reef houses 17 species of sea snake, seven species of frogs, ...

Green turtle nests in northern parts of the Great Barrier reef that average below 29.1 degrees Celsius produce mostly males, while nests above that threshold result in nearly all females.

Dugongs and sea turtles swim in the waters around the island. Wheeler Reef. Part of the outer Great Barrier Reef, Wheeler Reef lies some 40 nautical miles off the coast of Townsville. Wheeler Reef is ...

The Great Barrier Reef is not just surviving- for now, it’s on the path to renewal. The fight to protect it is far from over, ...

The Great Barrier Reef lies in tropical waters where temperatures are warm enough to offer enjoyable swimming and diving year round—though averages can vary 10°F (5.5°C) from winter to summer.

The Great Barrier Reef seen here in this NASA satellite image. Stretching along more than 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) of Australia's eastern coast is one of the world's most famous natural ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef faces critical danger from back-to-back bouts of extreme ocean heat. Ocean heat in the Coral Sea is at its highest in four centuries, scientists report in the Aug ...