Stabbing Starfish to Save the Reefs

Stabbing Starfish to Save the Reefs

Divers in the Cook Islands, a small South Pacific nation, are plunging wooden spears into mobs of starfish. It’s for good reason—these creatures have turned already sensitive tropical coral reefs into all-you-can-eat buffets. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . While crown-of-thorns starfish are native to the Indo-Pacific region, massive outbreaks of them across their range have descended upon reefs around the wor…