These injections are currently the only way to cull coral-eating sea stars called crown-of-thorns, or COTS. Native to the Great Barrier Reef and reefs across the Indo-Pacific, crown-of-thorns are ...

However, average coral cover in the southern region decreased due to ongoing crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks. While the Reef experienced its fourth major bleaching event in the past seven years ...

A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live coral ...

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With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns ...

due to an outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish. The Australian agency found that 87 coral reefs generally had low levels of acute stress from things such as cyclones and increases in the crown-of ...

Along a coral reef off the coast of Oman, a rare sea creature swayed in the current. Sunlight filtered through the water and reflected off the animal, giving it a “crown” “of light.” ...

A crown-of-thorns starfish feasts on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science A new study by researchers from the University of Sydney provides new ...

The discovery of a coral reef in Belize and Guatemala ... Below is an uncharted, massive crown of rocks and corals, teeming with life. Viewers can see this natural wonder for the first time ...

due to an outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish. The Australian agency found that 87 coral reefs generally had low levels of acute stress from things such as cyclones and increases in the crown-of ...

Scientists found a rare, reflective sea animal on shallow reefs and discovered a new ... or Ofwegen’s crown of light soft coral. Crown of light soft corals look like small flower gardens ...