Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations ... in addition to reef fish and triton shells. "Using our newly developed eDNA techniques to detect ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in the prestigious ...

Dr Uthicke said they then settled on areas of coral rubble. "At that stage, they're very vulnerable to predation ... He said fishing zones could play a part by possibly changing the populations of ...

Small crabs could be the invisible force controlling ... scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, said the coral-eating animals could cause significant damage to the already ...

Lab studies suggested that crabs avoided living coral tissue, instead feeding in ... relatively frequently from fish bites and physical abrasion. These wounds are probably not super detrimental ...

Male crabs tend to have larger claws and more white meat. However, the females sometimes contain coral - a flavoursome red roe.

In a series of dives over the next year, he and his team filmed more than 200 cuttlefish hunts, from crab-eye view ... such as a small fish.CreditCredit...Matteo Santon Cuttlefish are masters ...

Not so long ago there was a little crab, his name was Colin. Colin lived on the sea bed, in vibrant tropical warm waters surrounded by the most colourful fish and marine life you could imagine.

The scientists filmed more than 200 cuttlefish hunts and observed four patterns the animals use to confuse crabs, which they named leaf, coral ... non-threatening fish. Trevor Wardill, a ...