WWF is warning that a wildlife crisis is developing along parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef coast with reports of unusually high numbers of endangered turtles washing up dead or starving.

The World Wildlife Fund attached a GoPro to a turtle swimming to monitor levels of pollution within the Great Barrier Reef. The video’s release coincides with the United Nations Educational ...

The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east ... It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of species such as the dugong (‘sea cow’) and the large ...

The scientific research was facilitated through the Great Barrier Reef Rivers to Reef to Turtles project, which WWF-Australia leads, with WWF’s Marine Species Project Manager Christine Hof also being ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is home to a tremendous array of endangered species, some found nowhere else in the world. Renowned for its beautiful corals and water clarity, the reef was listed by ...

The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, is home to more than 1,500 species of fish ... the world's most important green sea turtle nesting area. While the reef is bedded to ...

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most ... These threats are putting many species at risk, including the dugong (or "sea cow") and the green sea turtle UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Koalas forage in eucalyptus trees. Echidnas, black flying foxes, brushtail possums, and over 180 species of birds can also be seen on the island. Dugongs and sea turtles swim in the waters around the ...

which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world. "Somewhere between a quarter and a third of all marine species everywhere has some part of ...

Their positive fate shows how even when our ability to harm the planet is immense, its ability to heal is formidable.

"We ... have no idea what impact these discharges are having on our water quality and wildlife." Concerns mount over 'witch's ...