But he had heard from a local guide at Sakieda Bay that coral there have been miraculously revived. According to an expert, the hunting of crown-of-thorns starfish has helped restore some of the ...

A culling programme has succeeded in protecting key areas of the Great Barrier Reef from voracious coral-eating starfish.

Marine biologists have long warned about the high population density of coral-eating spiny starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again thriving along the ...

Giant triton (snail) -> Crown-of-thorns starfish -> Hard coral One of the few predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish, the giant triton (Charonia tritonis) has evolved a tolerance to the ...

Blue starfish on a coral reef, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Image by Mark J. Costello. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that Acropora species are in the top three ...

EIGHTY percent of fisherfolk in Southern Leyte have been severely affected by an ongoing outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish ...

THE Johor Fisheries Department has removed 112 coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) in the Sultan Iskandar Marine Park as part of marine life protection efforts in the area. Its director ...

KOTA KINABALU: Efforts are ongoing to destroy the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) in Sabah’s east coast waters stretching from Kunak to Lahad Datu. Sabah Fisheries Department director Dr Ahemad ...