The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), infamous for its appetite for live coral, has long been blamed for the decline of ...

The Great Barrier Reef is full of surprises—even for the scientists who study it every day. Recently, some unlikely potential ...

Decapod crabs may protect the Reef by consuming juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish, a major coral predator. Researchers from UQ and AIMS found crabs eat over five baby starfish per day, aiding coral ...

has found that green staghorn coral around Heron Island (part of the Great Barrier Reef) are more likely to survive warming ...

The crown-of-thorns starfish eats coral reefs; coral reefs happen to be the home of the guard crab. This puts these two tenacious aquatic creatures on a direct collision course. A Rare Look at ...

The variety of life found on coral reefs attracts some of the ocean’s deadliest predators ... When hunting the cuttlefish sends shimmering waves of colour along its body to distract or confuse its ...

Not far beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, where the Great Barrier Reef lives, parrotfish teeth grind against rock, crab claws snap as they battle over hiding spots, and a 600-pound grouper ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The National Academy of Marine Research stated Friday that over 90% of hermit crabs observed last year on Taiping Island carried natural sea snail shells rather than artificial ...

The most rewarding shoots have been for the coral reef episode, which brought me back to my roots at Lizard Island, to work with my old friend Alexander Vail. Together we discovered some ...