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 ...

Using DNA from this study as well as predation data from previous aquarium experiments, the authors found rates of juvenile starfish consumption ... play a role in reef conservation and management ...

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 ...

According to an expert, the hunting of crown-of-thorns starfish has helped restore some of the coral reef that had been devastated by environmental changes. Takashi Nakamura, an associate ...