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Coral reefs worldwide, including the Great Barrier Reef, have faced severe damage from recent bleaching events caused by ...

A species of destructive starfish is being culled by researchers to save the Great Barrier Reef. Crown-of-thorns starfish can decimate coral reefs, munching through up to 108 square feet of coral ...

The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) is wreaking havoc on coral reefs, fueled by warming oceans and explosive reproduction rates. Enter COTSBot, the robot assassin designed to hunt and neutralize ...

Between 1985 and 2012, they accounted for 40 per cent of the region’s coral loss. During a major reef-wide eruption of the starfish between 2012 and 2022, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park ...

The starfish invades the reef in large numbers and kills almost all of its coral. The first outbreak spanned 1968-1975; the second 1995-2001; and the current one began in 2019.

The Australian agency found that 87 coral reefs generally had low levels of acute stress from things such as cyclones and increases in the crown-of-thorns starfish population.

In much of the Indo-West Pacific, these starfish are one of the main reasons for coral reef death. The exact cause of these population explosions is still not fully understood.

Coral reefs are dying everywhere. As the home of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, that’s bad news. Coral reefs protect our coastlines from waves and tropical storms, while also sheltering ...

Giant triton (snail) -> Crown-of-thorns starfish -> Hard coral ... With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up ...