Red Crab Can Help Protect Great Barrier Reef in Australia Brisbane, Australia, 10 Apr (ONA) --- Scientists fighting to save the Great Barrier Reef have discovered a new secret weapon; namely a tiny red crab. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the natural wonders of the world. But many of its reef-building corals have been devoured by plagues of toxic crown-of-thorns (COTS) starfish. A little red crab could help to stop that, euronews reported. The red decorator crab - or ‘Schizophrys aspera’ - has a voracious appetite for the juvenile starfish, research from the ...