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An "unprecedented" mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning ...

Study co-author Sven Uthicke said the Great Barrier Reef had been experiencing outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) since the 1960s. Dr Uthicke, who is also the principal research ...

For coral reefs, climate change is an existential threat. Australia's Great Barrier Reef has endured seven mass bleaching events over the past 25 years. Five have occurred in the past eight years.

Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again flourishing along the Great Barrier Reef. Symon Dworjanyn is a professor of marine ecology at Southern Cross university. "Crown-of-thorns starfish ...

While we know crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS ... species of decapod caught across more than 1,000 km of the Great Barrier Reef," he said. "And we found fewer crabs in areas prone to COTS outbreaks." ...