Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...

A program to control crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on the northern Great Barrier Reef between Lizard Island and Cairns ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish are large, spiny, and eat coral reefs and without enough natural predators to control their population, someone had to create one. Would you like a crown-of-thorns starfish ...

Star Wars" is unfolding on the Great Barrier Reef as operators rapidly respond to a new crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak off ...

There are fears the Great Barrier Reef is in the midst of the worst crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak in 60 years. Scientists ...

Armed with ox bile and household vinegar, researcher Adam Skerritt and a team of 10 divers are busy scoping coral reefs off the Cairns coast to stop an ecological time bomb before it explodes.

One of the most intriguing organisms in the ocean is undoubtedly the starfish. Also referred to as sea stars, these organisms ...

A new study into the long-term effects of measures to protect a crucial ecosystem has determined that its success averted a major catastrophe. The study, published in Nature, analyzed how the 2004 ...

In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...

While it may seem like fiction, there are plenty of animals that can literally turn themselves inside-out. From deep-sea animals that protect themselves from predators to a creature that can project ...

The year 2025 has been a banner year for scientists in the Pacific Northwest working to save sea stars from a mysterious wasting disease. Research groups from several universities and institutes have ...

After the critically acclaimed streaming hit Prey and animated anthology Killer of Killers, Dan Trachtenberg’s third directorial entry into the Predator franchise finally introduced the concept of ...