The degraded reef framework explains how the loss of live coral, which crown-of-thorns starfish feed off, paradoxically benefits juvenile COTS. As live coral diminishes, these starfish accumulate ...

These injections are currently the only way to cull coral-eating sea stars called ... a diver injects a crown-of-thorns sea star with a toxin. Photograph courtesy Nature Picture Library, Alamy ...

By mimicking one of their own scents, researchers have found an efficient method of culling the highly destructive ...

The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster; CoTS) is native to reefs of the Indo-Pacific and plays a key role in maintaining ...

Vietnam’s first marine protected area, Nha Trang Bay, has lost nearly 200 hectares (494 acres) of coral reef since its ...

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.

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 ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish can decimate coral reefs, munching through up to 108 square feet of coral every year. Now, according to a new study in the journal PLOS ONE, killing off these starfish can ...

Coral cover decreased by 4% in the southern region, due to an outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish. The Australian agency found that 87 coral reefs generally had low levels of acute stress from ...

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 ...