Simply put, we need coral reefs. Coral reefs, meanwhile, need crabs. Lucky for them, help is on the way. Scientists are in the process of building a crab army — hundreds of thousands of crustace ...

Study of 286 gall crabs from 14 genera reveals orange-red fluorescent patterns help camouflage crabs against coral reef ...

A key cog in the restoration of the Florida Reef Tract – Mote’s Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery – formally opened Monday, even as a portion of the facility is being used to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coral reefs are large underwater structures formed by colonies of corals—tiny marine animals that build hard skeletons—and they support diverse marine life like shrimp, fish, and crabs. The Great ...

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 ...