A new study suggests that the removal of predatory fish ... of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish. Dr. Mark Meekan and Dr.

Anemone arms flutter and tiny fish and shrimp seem to dance a jig ... may also lead to declines in outbreaks of a devastating coral-eating sea star. Slender cardinalfish gleam against a gor ...

"Crown-of-thorns starfish, they're actually natural to the Barrier Reef and all through the Indo-Pacific, but what they do (is), they eat coral ... animals and loads of fish and these starfish ...

This summer, an intense marine heatwave struck off northwestern Australia, driving sea surface ... disease or other threats such as Drupella (coral-eating snails). Other corals may survive but ...

Dr Uthicke, who is also the principal research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, said the coral-eating animals ... populations of crab-eating fish. "We could think about ...

As the world celebrated World Oceans Day on June 8, environmentalists here are concerned about a rapidly growing coral-eating startfish ... contributed to an increased population of the star fish, the ...