A culling programme has succeeded in protecting key areas of the Great Barrier Reef from voracious coral-eating starfish. Scientists who analysed the outcome say the effort should be expanded to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what ...

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 ...