Scientists are always baffled when odd animals show up in unlikely places, especially without a logical explanation. That is ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish have been reproducing at high levels, causing trouble for coral reefs surrounding Guam, so the more information about them, the better for the island to combat them.

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Small crabs could be the invisible force controlling crown-of-thorns starfish, according to a new study from multiple Australian research institutes. The paper, published in scientific journal ...

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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 ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are relentless feeders on nearly all species of coral within Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Each starfish can reach 1 metre in diameter and eat 10 square metres ...

However, the reef is under stress from different pressures including poor water quality, Crown-of-Thorns starfish, cyclone damage and coral ... engagement with high profile ambassadors (Xavier Rudd, ...

These injections are currently the only way to cull coral-eating sea stars called crown-of-thorns, or COTS ... When researchers cut one of the starfish into two equal halves, both halves healed ...