In 2024, while the Great Barrier Reef saw bleaching, Ningaloo was spared. But by the end of last year and the beginning of 2025 – peak summer – temperatures had begun to soar in Western Australia.

In 2024, while the Great Barrier Reef saw bleaching, Ningaloo was spared. But by the end of last year and the beginning of 2025 – peak summer – temperatures had begun to soar in Western Australia.

In 2024, while the Great Barrier Reef saw bleaching, Ningaloo was spared. But by the end of last year and the beginning of 2025 – peak summer – temperatures had begun to soar in Western Australia.

Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef suffered its biggest ever decline last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes of hard coral, a new report has found.

In Western Australia, the damage to coral reefs including the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo has eclipsed any previous bleaching events.

Buzzing with biodiversity, it's a diver's dream. But there's a lesser-known record breaker on the other side of the country, on Australia's north-western coast: Ningaloo Reef. A 14-hour drive north of ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Ningaloo Coast is where outback, reef and ranges meet. Here, on the northwestern fringes of Australia, 745 miles above Perth on ...

For the past 20 years, a team from the University of Western Australia has conducted annual fieldwork at Ningaloo Reef.

Every year off the South Australian coast, giant Australian cuttlefish come together in huge numbers to breed. They put on a technicolor display of blue, purple, green, red and gold, changing hues as ...

If you stand on a Western Australian beach and gaze into the sunset, you'll see stunning reds, oranges, yellows and purples ...

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