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 city of Hollywood and the nonprofit Ocean Rescue Alliance International have teamed up to deploy a snorkel-friendly ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing ... While we know crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks can decimate coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, the boom-and-bust population ...

has found that green staghorn coral around Heron Island (part of the Great Barrier Reef) are more likely to survive warming ...

Embattled coral reefs in French Polynesia have found a colorful ally in crabs. In exchange for shelter and secreted nutrients, different species of coral guard-crabs fiercely defend their coral ...

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of ...

The crabs, bred in a complex at Mote Aquaculture ... Iconic Reefs. Florida's coral reefs valued at $8.5 billion On an economic level, NOAA attributes the assessed value of Florida’s coral ...

Yranzo explains that coral reefs are the economic livelihood of many ... is studying the Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab (Charybdis hellerii), which was most likely introduced to Colombia's Caribbean ...

With so many animals calling the reef home, it could be easy to miss a tiny, pink crab tucked against the coral. Less than a centimeter wide, the crab appeared fluffy and caught the eyes of a ...

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 ...