For this project, Matt Clements received funding for a PhD scholarship from the University of Sydney and partial support from the Ian Potter Foundation crown-of-thorns starfish grants through the ...

If you’re able, watch this video. If not, allow me to explain. Two crown-of-thorns starfish are placed in separate tanks. Ordinary seawater is poured into one. In the other, seawater that a giant ...

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) have been rampaging out of control. These pizza-size sea stars are native to the Indo-Pacific region, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, but their ...

Scientists say a fifth wave of crown-of-thorns starfish is emerging on the Great Barrier Reef. The coral-eating starfish is one of the major threats to the reef, along with climate change and weather ...

A fifth outbreak of the native yet destructive crown-of-thorns starfish has emerged at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef, threatening to cause up to 15 years of havoc to coral numbers as the ...

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.

Crown-of-thorns starfish can detect chemical cues in water (chemoreception), allowing them to respond to predators like the giant triton. The giant triton is one of the few natural predators of the ...