Australian Scientists Hope The Giant Triton Snail Will Help Save The Great Barrier Reef

Sowmya Kolluru
2017-11-17T12:45:38-08:00

Over the past 30 years, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has experienced a 50 percent loss in coral. Though part of the decline is being attributed to the warmer ocean temperatures caused by climate change, about half of the damage is due to the proliferation of the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS). The deadly predators can devour as much as 53 square feet (five square meters) of live coral annually.