Australia is home to some of the world's most beautiful reefs. This includes the lush Great Southern Reef, which wraps around Australia's southern coastline, and the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef.

Like humans, starfish produce chemicals that tell them they’re full and to stop eating, according to a new study published today in the journal eLife. Starfish feed in a bizarre way - turning their ...

University of Queensland scientists have identified natural predators which could help fight outbreaks of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) on the Great Barrier Reef. Ph.D. candidate ...

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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. New research has found the abundance of the coral-eating ...

Like humans, starfish produce chemicals that tell them they're full and to stop eating, according to a new study. Like humans, starfish produce chemicals that tell them they're full and to stop eating ...

Australia is home to some of the world’s most beautiful reefs. This includes the lush Great Southern Reef, which wraps around Australia’s southern coastline, and the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef.