A fascinating interaction between a sea anemone and a starfish, demonstrating a surprising tactical retreat. The caption, "When the sea anemone realized its stings aren't effective against the starfish, it decided it's time to bounce 😲," suggests that the anemone, upon recognizing its defense mechanism is useless, cleverly detaches itself and tumbles away. This highlights the adaptive behaviors of marine life and the predator-prey dynamics in the ocean. Let's appreciate the ingenious survival s

A new Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak is happening off the coast of Cairns and our Chief Scientist Roger Beeden explains why. The Reef Authority runs the Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) Control Program, where vessels of trained divers are deployed to key reefs across the Great Barrier Reef to help tackle outbreaks. COTS control is the most targetable and effective way humans can protect the Reef. Since 2012, the COTS control program has protected over 830,000 hectares of coral reef habitat spa