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 ...

Conservationists have warned Australia is falling short on protecting the Great Barrier Reef as the nation prepares to table ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are relentless feeders on nearly all species of coral within Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Each starfish can reach 1 metre in diameter and eat 10 square metres ...

But at the Great Barrier Reef, the starfish is a menace. Every few years, the starfish's population explodes, leading to over a decade of havoc.

The reef is still under threat, but the new findings show it could still recover from mass bleaching and outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish that feed on coral.

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 ...

From August 2021 to May 2022, the central and northern regions of the Great Barrier Reef had hard coral cover levels of 33% and 36%, ... due to an outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish.

The area surveyed represents two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef. Almost half of the reefs studied had between 10% and 30% hard coral cover, while about a third of the reefs had hard coral cover ...

A survey found that between August 2021 and May 2022, average hard coral cover in two areas of the Great Barrier Reef increased by about one-third. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Scientists surveyed 87 reefs across the northern, central, and southern parts of the Great Barrier Reef between August 2021 and March 2022 as part of their Long-Term Monitoring Program.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is under serious threat as warming waters kill off large swaths of corals. But it's not "in danger" -- at least not according to UNESCO.

The amount of coral in some areas of the Great Barrier Reef is at its highest in 36 years, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. From August 2021 to May 2022 ...