Adorned with spikes and toxins, crown-of-thorns starfish aren’t an easy meal. In fact, it’s long been thought that few animals could eat them. But an analysis of fish poop and stomach contents from ...

Reef fish, such as emperors, tropical snappers and rockcods, help keep numbers of crown-of-thorns starfish in check on the Great Barrier Reef. New research has found the abundance of the coral-eating ...

May 18 (UPI) --Genetic analysis of fish feces suggests crown-of-thorns starfish are a surprisingly popular menu item. According to the findings, published Monday in the journal Scientific Reports, ...

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Fish poo could hold the answer to tackling the large numbers of crown-of-thorns starfish eating their way through the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the last few weeks, the Schmidt Ocean Institute has been livestreaming submarine dives off the coast of Argentina. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon residents who fish recreationally are now prohibited from taking home sea stars, otherwise known as starfish. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the Oregon Fish and ...

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Reef fish, such as emperors, tropical snappers and rockcods, help keep numbers of crown-of-thorns starfish in check on the Great Barrier Reef, according to a new study from the Australian Institute of ...