Scientists believe the small crab boarded the research vessel from a plastic bag lifted from the seabed during the coral sampling expedition.

The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) is wreaking havoc on coral reefs, fueled by warming oceans and explosive reproduction rates. Enter COTSBot, the robot assassin designed to hunt and neutralize COTS ...

something Grutter’s team confirmed occurs in the wild as well by studying the spiny chromis damselfishes’ feces. Gnathiids and other external parasites are such a threat on coral reefs that ...