Australia is known for protecting its sea life in a 3.3 million square kilometer (1.3 million square mile) system of marine parks that covers 36 percent of the country’s oceans.

The Australian Director of National Parks is looking to run a trial to use drones to monitor, detect, and collect information about prohibited activities, such as illegal fishing operations, in ...

Australia’s network of marine parks - a decade in the making and announced in 2012 - haven’t been implemented yet, and the Abbott government has already placed the plans under review.

Australia plans to create the world’s largest network of marine reserves, its government announced Thursday. The proposal would increase the number of protected areas from 27 to 60 and would ...

Australia created the world's largest network of marine national parks on Friday, protecting an area of ocean the size of Western Europe in a move which will prevent oil and gas exploration and ...

This same erosion of protection is also proposed in Western Australia, where the government’s draft plan would reduce green zones by 43% across the largest marine parks in the region.

The value of Australia's newly established network of marine parks has been highlighted by an international project that used satellites to track the vulnerable flatback sea turtle. In the study ...

Conservationists are outraged over the Federal Government's draft plans for 44 Australian marine parks, saying it almost halves the protections set five years ago. Under the new proposal, mid ...

The Australian government has moved to create two new marine protected areas that cover an expanse of ocean twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The two parks will be established ...

Massive marine parks have been declared in Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories but experts warn the devil will be in the detail of how much of the park is zoned for strong conservation ...

Giving Australia's marine parks better protection won't solve the problem of hotter, more acidic oceans due to climate change. Australia's current emission target is consistent with a 2°C warming ...

Australia plans to create the world’s largest network of marine reserves, its government announced Thursday. The proposal would increase the number of protected areas from 27 to 60 and would ...