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, ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gladstone. Followed categories will be added to My News. The groundbraking findings by a team of scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science reveal ...

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 ...

Optical Illusion Test: “Optical illusions" are images that fool your brain and test your ability to observe things. The three types of optical illusions are cognitive, physiological, and literal ...

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 ...

Hundreds of dead starfish, which live on seabeds across the world's oceans, were spotted in the sand in Palm Bay near Margate, Kent by residents and tourists last weekend Hundreds of dead starfish ...

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

A strange phenomenon has seen hundreds of dead starfish being washed up on a beach in a popular seaside town. The aquatic creatures, which live on seabeds across the world's oceans, were spotted in ...