Coral and algae don’t get along. On reefs, algae compete with coral, reducing coral growth and survival. Scientists suspect that the algae may also promote harmful bacteria or coral-eating species, ...

Over 1,300 destructive crown-of-thorns starfish (COTs) were removed from coral reefs around Tabawan and Adal Islands in ...

Coral can fight back against attacking juvenile crown of thorns starfish - using stinging cells to injure and even kill, showing that coral are not as passive as people may think. Coral are not ...

Global warming is exacerbating coral bleaching. But, according to Australian scientists, it could also encourage the proliferation of crown-of-thorns starfish, which are predators of coral reefs and ...

A crown-of-thorns starfish eats live coral bodies, leaving their white skeleton cups intact. River runoff causing algae blooms that feed drifting starfish larvae is another suspect. But COTS outbreaks ...

Researchers yesterday called for an immediate response to an explosion of crown-of-thorns starfish near the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島), which have eaten more than 90 percent of the coral ...

Outbreaks of the notorious crown of thorns starfish now threaten the “coral triangle,” the richest center of coral reef biodiversity on Earth, according to recent surveys by the Bronx Zoo-based ...

SYDNEY – A major outbreak of coral-eating crown of thorns starfish has been found munching Australia’s world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Friday, prompting the government to ...

It is known that crown of thorns starfish lie in wait as algae-eating young before attacking coral. But new research shows the starfish that devastates reef habitats can remain in its juvenile ...

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