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

mussels and small fish — typically other organisms that subsist on algae and phylum. Starfish begin eating their prey by inverting their stomachs. The flexible stomach will turn inside out and ...

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

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

And what they do is, they can devastate coral reefs because they eat coral. And our concern ... home to loads of animals and loads of fish and these starfish are very, very good at stripping ...

Small crabs could be the invisible force controlling crown-of-thorns starfish, according to a ... possibly changing the populations of crab-eating fish. "We could think about … we could enhance ...

A new study suggests that the removal of predatory fish such as sharks from coral reefs may be a key factor driving outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish. Dr. Mark Meekan and Dr ...