Divers in the Caribbean Sea are increasingly encountering coral branches with missing tips. For a long time, it was unclear ...
Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in ...
Scientists have captured footage of the sea creatures using four distinct color-shifting techniques to trick their prey ...
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 ...
The branching coral technique. Cuttlefish used this 12 percent more often when hunting purple mangrove crabs, which were better armed and armored than other crabs.CreditCredit...Matteo Santon ...
The operation included collecting samples of deep-sea coral species for analysis. "This is the cutest, spikiest, tiniest crab in the world!" the NOAA posted on social media. Researchers believe ...
More specifically, when star fish feed on coral, they cause open wounds that lead to infections, and oftentimes death. The researchers knew that hoof-clawed crabs lived in the vicinity of green ...