Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef ( www.newscientist.com )
Targeted culling of crown-of-thorns starfish has resulted in parts of the Great Barrier Reef maintaining and even increasing coral cover, leading researchers to call for the programme to be dramatically scaled up
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