A new study reveals that life on the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing significant changes due to climate change and other ...

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns ...

The Great Barrier Reef, a global treasure and the largest coral reef system on Earth, has suffered its most widespread coral ...

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 ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a ...

Life cycle of coral with crown-of-thorns starfish ... which can tolerate the thermal stress and build up in numbers until the reef regrows and the juveniles emerge to eat the new coral.

The team found that the diversity of fish communities across the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have changed dramatically since the ...

9, 2024 — A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live coral, ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

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 ...

It also complements the recently launched National Strategy for Red Sea Sustainability, announced by H.R.H. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, which reinforces the Kingdom's dedication to conserving ...