The team observed the coral eating Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish, or the mauve stinger, which is responsible for most of the painful stings people suffer while swimming in the Mediterranean.

THE Johor Fisheries Department has removed 112 coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) in the Sultan Iskandar Marine Park as part of marine life protection efforts in the area. Its director ...

Before the revival of rāhui, a loss of biodiversity was reflected in declining fish stocks in the waters of the Taiairapu Peninsula, along with a proliferation of coral-eating starfish and the ...

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 ...

Coral reefs are filled with colorful ocean life ... Almost 1/5th of the world's protein comes from seafood, with people eating on average almost 50 lbs per year. The US fishing industry supports ...

Where crown-of-thorn starfish are of concern, such as on the GBR, key sites can be targeted by fleets of boats with dive teams that are dedicated to killing the coral-eating starfish.

Marine biologists have long warned about the high population density of coral-eating spiny starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again thriving along the ...

jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is a voracious feeder that can eat living corals because of ...

Typically, corals feed by receiving nutrition provided by photosynthetic symbiotic algae and catching and eating tiny aquatic ...

The Coral Academy of Science Northwest Elementary ... It will teach elementary school kids about different eating disorders and potentially spark conversations about the topic.