The crown-of-thorns starfish is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s fiercest enemies, a voracious predator of the corals that build the reef. For an already struggling reef, these starfish pose an enormous threat.
Scientists are investigating whether rising global temperatures may lead to more stillbirths, saying further study is needed on the subject as climates change.
New research shows that a crown fire – the most extreme type of bushfire behaviour, in which tree canopies burn – is more likely in logged native forests.
In a world first, a satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system will scan the Earth’s oceans for coral-killing bleaching events in real-time.
Better designed vaccines for insect-spread viruses like dengue and Zika are likely after researchers discovered models of immature flavivirus particles were originally misinterpreted.
