Small crabs could be the invisible force controlling crown-of-thorns starfish, according to a new study from multiple Australian research ... He said fishing zones could play a part by possibly ...

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

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

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 ...

While we know crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS ... Some of the crabs can eat 20 juveniles a day, whereas fish or triton may eat one adult every few days or per week." The results suggested decapods ...