Researchers have revealed the evolutionary history of the crown-of-thorns starfish -- a predator of coral that can devastate coral reefs. Their findings shed light on how the populations of these ...

Habitat fragmentation describes the division of once-contiguous ecosystems into smaller, isolated patches, disrupting ecological processes at genetic, species and community levels. Fragmentation ...

Jonathan Allen has good news for Australians regarding the crown-of-thorns sea star. The bad news is that the fecund and voracious destroyer of Indo-Pacific coral reefs has a previously unknown method ...

Witness scientist Bob Paine’s breakthrough discovery of keystone species, through his ingenious experiment with tidepool starfish. Learn how scientists reintroduced wild dogs to keep overgrazing ...