Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in ...
Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in ...
Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat waves. For certain vulnerable corals, help is in the claws of a crab. Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences ...
Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what ...
Scientists have captured footage of the sea creatures using four distinct color-shifting techniques to trick their prey ...
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Green staghorn coral may be more likely to survive ocean warming if crabs are aroundhas found that green staghorn coral around Heron Island (part of the Great Barrier Reef) are more likely to survive warming water temperatures if hoof-clawed crabs live in the near vicinity.
CORAL REEF From the deck of a skiff on the surface ... are hosts of invertebrates—clams, crabs, shrimps, worms, sea cucumbers—of stunning diversity. Add to these the hundreds of new species ...
Reporting in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from a reef-dwelling crab, especially when the coral was heat ...
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