Cook Islands Divers Wage War on Hungry Starfish

July 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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RAROTONGA, Cook Islands: Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, their best weapon in the war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a species eating through coral reefs already weakened by climate change.

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