As if climate change and pollution weren’t bad enough, overfishing is making a mess of the Great Barrier Reef, the latest research from James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, published Tue

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A cyclonic storm lashing Australia's east coast for a third day was declared a catastrophe on Wednesday after destroying houses, cutting power to more than 200,000 homes and causing millions of dol

Removing species such as coral trout and snapper weakens the Great Barrier Reef’s ecosystem and resilience, a new James Cook University study finds