An easy way to tell quality off the bat, Jones says, is by measuring the width from point to point on the crab shell, or ...

There are a few types of Maryland blue crabs, each with its own unique characteristics. The male crabs, known as Jimmies, come in subcategories called number one or number two.

It turns out that these crabs can produce fight songs as well, drumming a different tune to threaten a foe, researchers report in Animal Behaviour. All sound waves begin with vibration .

Green crabs, an invasive species in New England, are damaging ecosystems and shellfish. Efforts to market crab broth offer a potential solution to this issue.

Coconut crabs are massive. Up to three feet in diameter, they scuttle across remote tropical islands in the western Indo-Pacific Ocean, cracking open coconuts like they’re made of butter, eating ...

Evolution keeps making crabs. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a special scientific term for an organism turning crab-like: carcinization. But how many times has it happened, and why?

Research reveals that five different groups of decapods have independently evolved to have distinctly crab-like traits. This is how “crabification” works. Why Crabs Are Taking Over the Kingdom ...

Green crabs have been in New England since the mid-to-late 1980s, making their way from Europe and West Africa via cargo ships. 5 The New England seafood industry is trying to control the ...

With the onset of the rainy season, Christmas Island transforms. Roads shut down, the forest floor comes alive, and tens of millions of red crabs take over.The remote Australian territory, located ...