Scientists have revealed the fatal toll of plastic on marine life after analysing 10,000 marine animal autopsies. Researchers ...

A vast toxic algae bloom has sparked growing concern in Australia as it lingers off the south coast, killing hundreds of marine species and disrupting fisheries.

Researchers warn that the alga Karenia cristata, which has killed around a million animals in Australian waters in one of the ...

New research has found that even Australia's most protected marine habitats are likely to suffer extreme ocean impacts by 2040, increasing threats to thousands of plant and animal species. The ...

The new system relies heavily on passive acoustics—technology that simply listens, rather than sending out signals of its own such as sonar pings.

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This marine biology student from Papua explores the dangers of plastic waste in the ocean, the differences between waste ...

Recovery of humpback populations from near extinction could still falter. July marks the peak of the humpback whale's 6,000-mile migration north to Queensland, Australia's warmer waters, where they ...

More than 1,550 marine species are currently at risk of extinction. Human activity is wreaking havoc on the state of the oceans around the world -- especially on marine life, according to the ...

A U.S. Marine with India Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23 provides security during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 at Lakeside Airpark, Queensland, ...

U.S. Marines have arrived in northern Australia for six months of training and operating as an air-ground task force across the country and in the Philippines, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and ...