Mar 9, 2023 · A young crown-of-thorns starfish on pink crustose coralline algae. Image: Maria Gomez Cabrera Spines and slime defend against predators – but not all. The crown-of-thorns …

Mar 9, 2023 · Crown-of-thorns starfish aggregate on a small coral bommie on the Great Barrier Reef. The Reef is facing more frequent disturbances, giving reefs less time and opportunity to …

Mar 9, 2023 · Crown-of-thorns starfish are a major cause of hard coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef. The coral-eating starfish is native to the Indo-Pacific region; however, they can occur in …

Natural chemical cues can lure or disperse starfish. Crown-of-thorns starfish control programs currently rely on divers searching for the starfish and then manually injecting with bile salts or …

The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) is a natural predator of corals in the Indo‐Pacific region, including the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). While they are native to the region, COTS are a …

Dec 8, 2021 · Published today in Nature Communications, the study found the abundance of the coral-eating starfish increases in places where fish species which are known to eat the starfish …

Caption: Dr Frederieke Kroon looking at a crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: D.Westcott/CSIRO Caption: Crown-of-thorns starfish clustered on a coral outcrop on …

Mar 9, 2023 · A crown-of-thorns starfish on Farquarson Reef in the Central Great Barrier Reef. Image: AIMS LTMP. This information is provided to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park …

May 18, 2020 · Crown-of-thorns starfish are on the menu for many more fish species than previously suspected, an investigation using fish poo and gut goo reveals. The finding …

Monitoring crown-of-thorns starfish. Causes of outbreaks. Innovative approaches to controlling COTS.