The scientists filmed more than 200 cuttlefish hunts and observed four patterns the animals use to confuse crabs, which they named leaf, coral, pulse and passing stripe. Their findings were ...

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

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

Trying to catch a meal in the animal world can generate a whole host of challenges. You must first find the prey, and then catch it without botching the attempt and losing your dinner. In the ...

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 ...

New video footage reveals even more about their dramatic mimicry techniques, including how they transform to look like a non-threatening object such as a leaf or coral. “These are masters ...

Marine ecologists led by Matteo Santon documented the Broadclub cuttlefish's remarkable hunting strategies in the wild, including imitating corals and leaves to deceive crabs. The study, covering ...

In a series of dives over the next year, he and his team filmed more than 200 cuttlefish hunts, from crab-eye view ... to be imitations of drifting leaves or corals. The cuttlefish displays ...

but it might serve to minimize the cuttlefish profile from the perspective of its prey (e.g., crabs). The most commonly used patterns were the branching coral, passing stripe, and leaf displays ...