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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research into one of the most persistent coral predators on the Great Barrier Reef has revealed a troubling paradox in reef ecosystems: the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) appears to thrive in the ...

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Crown-of-thorns starfish infestation threatens food security as the destruction of coral reefs deprives fish of their breeding ground AKLAN, Philippines – In waters off the world-famous tourist ...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources calls the crown-of-thorns starfish infestation in Sarangani Bay as one of the worst to hit the country GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines ...

Scientists are one step closer to combatting coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a University of Queensland study into the pest’s genetics. In a world first study, University of ...

The island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands is experiencing an outbreak of crown-of-thorns-starfish (taramea, Acanthaster planci), which could jeopardize the survival of its surrounding coral reef.