An aerial view of Vlassof Cay in the Great Barrier Reef, Nov. 14, 2012 in Cairns, Australia. Credit: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images The bad news: 22 percent of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has died.

The best way to get around the Great Barrier Reef is by car or boat ... This mode of transportation doesn't include the breathtaking aerial views provided from a plane, but boats depart at ...

“We’ll be conducting further aerial surveys this week in the central Great Barrier Reef to identify where it stops," Hughes said. Southern parts of the reef are thought to have escaped ...

In the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park ... In addition to the reef aerial observations, noted above, a far smaller number of reefs were surveyed in-water between March 27 and April 10.

The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is alive and thriving as one of the 7 Wonders of the World. Dr. Eric Fisher, a marine biologist and reef conservation expert, and Mark Olsen, Tourism Tropical North ...

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg describes the Great Barrier Reef as "the Manhattan of marine ecosystems”. Coral reefs are vitally important nursery grounds for fish and other marine life.