Saving Fish May Be the Secret to Stopping Starfish Swarms on the Great Barrier Reef: Study

The research, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, was conducted by CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).
Science Daily

Fish help control crown-of-thorns starfish numbers on Great Barrier Reef

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 ...
UPI

DNA in fish feces reveals which species eat crown-of-thorns starfish

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, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Fish poo could help tackle Great Barrier Reef's crown-of-thorns starfish problem

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Photos of Starfish Up Close: What Are You Looking At?

A close-up photo of the common sunstar (Crossaster papposus), a starfish found in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Photo: © Alexander Semenov Invertebrates ...
KOIN 6

Oregonians who fish recreationally cannot take home starfish

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 ...