Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what ...

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 ...

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 ...

crabs, shrimps, worms, sea cucumbers—of stunning diversity. Add to these the hundreds of new species scientists identify worldwide each year. Schooling above the reef are fish painted ...

As for capture fisheries, crab landings comprised the nipah crab (mud crab), sea crab, reef crab and rock crab using equipment such as drift nets, trawl nets, span nets and bubu or crab traps.

Researchers believe the creature could be crucial in efforts to help protect the great natural Australian asset.

has 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.

One of the projects the Mesoamerican Reef Fund supports focuses on raising juvenile king crabs and releasing them onto reefs to combat the overgrowth of macroalgae, which thrives due to rising ocean ...

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 ...