In this context, it is easy to see why protecting algae-eating fish has become a cornerstone of coral reef conservation. This paradigm assumes that restoring populations of "grazing" species by ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations ... Some of the crabs can eat 20 juveniles a day, whereas fish or triton may eat one adult every few ...

As coral bleaching and deaths become more widespread globally, experts are re-evaluating the benefits of restoration missions ...

The prey fish, in turn, are eaten by many species ... is a voracious feeder that can eat living corals because of a unique adaptation: a wax-digesting enzyme system. Populations of the starfish ...

As coral bleaching and deaths become more widespread globally, experts show that over a third of restoration projects fail ...

Reef fish, too, respond to warmer waters—sometimes ... zones may also lead to declines in outbreaks of a devastating coral-eating sea star. Slender cardinalfish gleam against a gor- gonian ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Coral reefs are much more than just a pretty place to visit. They are among the world's richest ...

As the world celebrated World Oceans Day on June 8, environmentalists here are concerned about a rapidly growing coral-eating startfish ... contributed to an increased population of the star fish, the ...

We've also sued to protect these delicate corals from the overfishing of fish that eat marine algae — fish whose activities sustain entire reef ecosystems — as well as to obtain a proposed recovery ...

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

Scientists have debunked the belief that using tools is unique to mammals and birds, after documenting tropical fish that ...