Dr. Frederieke Kroon looking at a crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Photo by D. Westcott / CSIRO Crown-of-thorns starfish are coral-eating creatures that can have more than a dozen ...

Adorned with spikes and toxins, crown-of-thorns starfish aren’t an easy meal. In fact, it’s long been thought that few animals could eat them. But an analysis of fish poop and stomach contents from ...

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 ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) La Paz, Mexico© Jesus Cobaleda/Shutterstock.com If you’re able, watch this video. If not, allow me to explain. Two crown-of-thorns starfish are placed in ...

A new study suggests that the removal of predatory fish such as sharks from coral reefs may be a key factor driving outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish. Dr. Mark Meekan and Dr. Emily ...

Coral are not completely defenceless against attacking juvenile crown of thorns starfish and can fight back to inflict at times lethal damage, new research has found. This occurs during a period of ...