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 ...

Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs.

Environmental DNA, or eDNA, can help us detect species by the traces they leave behind in their surroundings. This ...

A new study suggests that the removal of predatory fish such as sharks from coral reefs may be a key factor driving outbreaks ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While we know ...

Mass coral mortality is the worst it has ever been. Some experts say neither side of politics is prepared to reckon with ...

The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has so far this year expelled Chinese fishing vessels 77 times and detained six small ...

The coral reefs of Nha Trang, Vietnam, are in severe decline due to climate change, overfishing, and pollution ...

THE gentle waves off central Vietnam's Nha Trang coast obscure an open secret: the coral reefs below are dying.

In 2022, local authorities paused tourism to give the reef time to recover while removing predatory starfish and cleaning the seabed. The government has also approved a coral nursery project to ...