Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are voracious coral consumers with a propensity for population explosions, which makes them very real threats to the world's coral reefs. And while they're typically ...

A new book exploring the best scientific research on preventing coral-eating Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) outbreaks, is expected to become a critical resource for informing management of these ...

Research into one of the most persistent coral predators on the Great Barrier Reef has revealed a troubling paradox in reef ecosystems: the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) appears to thrive in the ...

On Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Crown-of-thorns starfish is the scourge of the deep as it eats and destroys large swathes of coral and threatens the overall health of the reef. This starfish is ...

A crown-of-thorns starfish feasts on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science A new study by researchers from the University of Sydney provides new ...

Scientists are one step closer to combatting coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a University of Queensland study into the pest’s genetics. In a world first study, University of ...

Scientists have a new weapon in the fight against starfish bent on devouring the Great Barrier Reef: a killer robot that seeks out and destroys its prey. Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, or COTS as the ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish are literally devouring Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, an overpopulation problem that is threatening the coral that forms the reef. To save it, researchers have developed an ...

A marine biologist from UP Cebu says a COTS outbreak would most likely affect the livelihood of fishermen in the area While the economy of Moalboal, a beach town in southern Cebu, is still pulling ...

A MASSIVE outbreak of the deadly crown of thorn starfish (COTS) has been reported at Bait Reef, off the Whitsundays. A COTS control boat has been searching the Whitsundays to remove any starfish on ...