The couple are reportedly considering a trip to Lizard Island in Australia
If hell is other people, maybe you can find heaven where other people aren't.
All of Australia was positively giddy when Oprah Winfrey came to visit last month, lavishing praise and attention on the country's many tourist hot spots.
Floods have devastated the landscape of the state of Queensland, Australia, but they also present a high risk to the Great Barrier Reef.
A tiny island off the coast of Abu Dhabi is in the running to become one of the new seven natural wonders of the world.
Robert Levy, father of the Capitol Hill intern found slain nine years ago in Washington's Rock Creek Park, revealed to The Washington Post recently something he had never shared before but that all parents understand.
For nearly 50 years Ron and Valerie Taylor have been filming sharks at close quarters, bringing the lives of the ocean's most fearsome predators to TV and the big screen.
The captain and chief officer of a Chinese-registered ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef will appear in an Australian court Thursday, charged with damaging the reef.
There's outrage in Australia over the Chinese ship that threatens one of the world's greatest natural treasures.
A Chinese-registered ship that ran aground Saturday off the coast of Australia was more than 17 miles off course when it ended up on a shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, prompting concerns of an oil spill near the world's largest coral reef system, a maritime safety spokesman said Monday.
A massive Chinese cargo ship is leaking oil after running aground near Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. 34-year-old Briton Ben Southall, winner of Queensland Tourist Board's "Best Job in the World" competition has now completed his six-month stint looking after Hamilton Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Ben Southall shares his experiences after working a job labeled "best in the world".
I always wanted to meet Steve Irwin. He was the quintessential Aussie who took manliness to a whole new level, wrestled man-eating crocodiles, wrangled poisonous snakes and would pick up any of God's creatures to show the world how remarkable animals really are.
People in more than 180 countries are creating huge "350" signs as part of a demonstration. CNN's Josh Levs explains.
From seabeds to mountaintops, people around the world were staging a day of demonstrations Saturday to call for urgent action on climate change.
Alas, our romance with shopping seems to be coming to an end -- or at least it's up for careful reevaluation.
Calling the sentence "ludicrous," the victim's father says, "This is not justice"
A British man beat 34,000 other applicants Wednesday to win, what has been dubbed, "the best job in the world" -- to stroll the white sands of a tropical island in Queensland, Australia, file weekly reports online to a global audience and earn a cool $100,000.
The CEO of Tourism Queensland is asked if their successful 'best job' campaign will translate into tourist dollars.
The "best job in the world" contest has generated huge interest around the globe, but the jury is out on whether that will translate into more tourism dollars for Queensland, Australia.
Sixteen people vying for what is being dubbed the "best job in the world" will on Wednesday learn who has won the post of caretaker for the tropical paradise of Hamilton island in Queensland, Australia.
Sixteen applicants arrived in Hamilton Island on Sunday for the final interviews to pick a caretaker for the tropical paradise in Queensland, Australia.
The long list for the job that has been described as "the best in the world" has been announced.
Scientists expect some great travel spots to be altered or ruined by global climate change.
It sounds far too good to be true: a salary of more than $100,000, a free home on a palm-fringed island and all the snorkeling you can be bothered with.
An Alabama man whose wife died during a honeymoon scuba diving trip off the coast of Australia almost five years ago has been charged in her death.
The family of a woman who died on her honeymoon reacts to news that her husband has been charged with her death.
Rescue teams were Friday searching for a group of European vacationers who disappeared while on a scuba diving trip in treacherous waters off a remote tropical island in eastern Indonesia.
Research into how people make financial decision suggests that sad people spend more, and they don't even realize they're doing it
Electricity is used to revive coral reefs threatened by climate change. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
Coral reefs are often referred to as the canaries of the ocean -- because, like the canary in a mine, they give an indicator of the dangers that lie ahead. Judging by the state of coral reefs these days, if you happen to be a fish, it's not looking good for you.
The cartoon series "South Park" has never been shy of courting controversy, but its latest episode has caused outrage by featuring the recently deceased Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin.
Australians joke that Americans tend to spend their trips Down Under ticking off visits to the three R's -- the reef, the rock and the road. To be more specific, that's the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock (or Uluru) and the 171-mile Great Ocean Road, which runs between Torquay and Warrnambool in the southeastern state of Victoria.
Excessive carbon in the atmosphere is already causing irreparable environmental damage to the Earth's oceans and drastic cuts in emissions are necessary to prevent further devastation, a panel of leading scientists has warned.
The ancient art of cartography, with the help of technology, is now on the cutting edge.
The movie "Open Water" is based on the true story of a couple in 1998 mistakenly left behind by their diving boat, stranding them off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Fortune: New And Improvedupdated: Mon Jan 22 2001 00:01:00
Back in 1999, Hurricane Lenny trashed several top Caribbean resorts. Three have just reopened after major renovations, using Lenny as an excuse to freshen things up across the board: The Four Seaso...
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