The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) is wreaking havoc on coral reefs, fueled by warming oceans and explosive reproduction rates. Enter COTSBot, the robot assassin designed to hunt and neutralize ...

Australian researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further ...

Feb. 5, 2025 — A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery ... Jan. 10, 2025 — To ...

Researchers said AI systems will be able to track bleaching severity and trends over time, monitor crown-of-thorns starfish ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish have been reproducing at high levels, causing trouble for coral reefs surrounding Guam, so the more ...

Australian researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save coral reefs such as the Great Barrier ...

But the reef is under threat from a type of starfish that eats the coral which makes up the giant eco-system. It is known as the crown-of-thorns starfish. The Australian Institute of Marine ...

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns ...

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Researchers in Australia have designed a centralised AI-powered system to monitor the Great Barrier Reef and other reef ...