Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While we know ...

Environmental DNA, or eDNA, can help us detect species by the traces they leave behind in their surroundings. This ...

Dr Uthicke said they then settled on areas of coral rubble ... research which looked at what crab species would eat juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish in aquariums, scientists went out on the ...

Troubling outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish, a destructive species that ravages coral reefs ... Dr Sven Uthicke said the crabs can eat large numbers of starfish because they’re devouring ...

A new study has found fish using tools to open shellfish. Tool use is when creatures use an item to achieve to a goal, like ...

Mass coral mortality is the worst it has ever been. Some experts say neither side of politics is prepared to reckon with ...

Fish that clean reefs and keep them healthy by eating algae or ... while removing predatory starfish and cleaning the seabed. The government has also approved a coral nursery project to support ...

When reefs degrade, key crab hideouts disappear, leading to fewer opportunities for them to find and eat juvenile starfish. Scientists note that preserving coral rubble habitat might help maintain ...

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