With virtually no damage to the reef from the coral bleaching event further north, business is booming for sustainable Whitsundays operators.
Cleo was born at Reef HQ – the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium in Townsville. Cleo’s Mum is a leopard shark called Leonie, and here’s the surprise: Cleo doesn’t have a father.
Protecting our marine environment is essential to sustain ‘life as we know it’ on planet Earth. But with an issue this enormous, one that affects all of us, it is very difficult to figure out how best to address it. Diveplanit presents an ‘explainer’.
The crown of thorns seastar is one of the biggest threats to the Great Barrier Reef, responsible for 40% of coral loss over the past few decades.