James Cook University

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said on April 7 in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism.    

One of the deadliest fungi in the world was discovered in northern Australia - thousands of miles from their native habitat in the mountains of Japan and Korea.

 The Poison Fire Coral was discovered in a suburb of the northern Australian city of Cairns by a local photographer and subsequently identified by scientists, James Cook University told AFP.

Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed April 27 in a discovery that offers hope for Australia's struggling Great Barrier Reef.

Scientists in Australian spotted and identified a fish which can walk and breathe out of water for at least six days. They warn that the fish can cause a massive imbalance in the ecosystem.

James Cook University scientists discovered that this fish, which comes from “nearby” Papua New Guinea, can kill birds and bigger fish by crushing their necks.