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

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 ...

The network trapped and stabilized floating dead coral rubble and transplanted healthy, live coral onto the skeletons. The ...

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

This new figure fully represents the world’s coral reef ecosystems, including coral rubble flats, as well as living walls of coral. What’s even more astounding about this discovery is that it ...

A new model to help scientists understand the many influences on young corals finding a "forever home" on a reef has been ...

An unplugged stay at Southwest Cay—the largest of a remote atoll of five “coral rubble” islands (called such because of their westerly location where Caribbean waves have beaten down the ree ...

The study also found that dying colonies can quickly turn from a "reef to rubble" under reoccurring marine heatwave conditions. The authors note that coral skeleton collapse can take months to years, ...