Starfish, crown of thorns, and sea stars live throughout the subtropics and tropics. They are bottom dwellers, so any contact with a diver is accidental. Injury occurs from the spine and the venom ...

A diver spears a crown-of-thorns starfish (taramea ... and under plantings of the native ‘ūtū (king banana, Musa troglodytarum). These gardens are part of the local environmental organization ...

Discover the chunky granulated sea star, the venomous crown-of-thorns, and more ... this uniquely puffy starfish is found in shallow waters on coral reefs and rubble slopes, always tropical ...

Researchers have uncovered an under-the-sea phenomenon where coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish larvae have been feasting on blue-green algae bacteria known as "sea sawdust." The team of ...

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Scientists are one step closer to combating coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a study into the pest's genetics. Scientists are one step closer to combating coral-destroying ...

But, according to Australian scientists, it could also encourage the proliferation of crown-of-thorns starfish, which are predators of coral reefs and highly resistant to marine heatwaves.

The crown-of-thorns starfish is nature's ultimate coral predator, with a circle of life perfectly adapted to warming waters. Young and old juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish. Credit: Monique Webb ...

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 ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again flourishing along the Great Barrier Reef. Symon Dworjanyn is a professor of marine ecology at Southern Cross university. "Crown-of-thorns starfish ...

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 ...