More than a dozen of the coral islands that mark Australia's maritime boundaries are at risk of disappearing, a study has found.

Kiribati, a Pacific island nation with 33 atolls and reef islands, is at severe risk of disappearing as sea levels rise. The country’s capital, South Tarawa, is experiencing extreme coastal ...

Learning a language can help with employability, but that focus is putting one of Australia’s most popular languages — and its connection to culture — at risk.

Trees are in trouble: More than one-third of known species around the globe are at risk of disappearing, according to a new assessment.

At the beginning of 2024, about 144 new species were added to Australia’s growing list of animals threatened with extinction. Roughly 2,000 native animal and plant species are currently at risk ...

The online tool, dubbed the “multi-factor coral disease risk,” forecasts a high risk of what are called growth anomalies to hit coral colonies on the windward side of Hawaii island, as well as ...

Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colourful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in ...

The Great Barrier Reef is all but doomed, with between 70 and 99 per cent of corals set for destruction unless immediate “transformative action” is taken to reverse global warming, according ...

The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record ...