The male fiddler crabs use their one oversized claw to attract females, waving it with a frantic energy outside their burrows ...

In the new study, a robot crab—nicknamed Wavy Dave—waved its claw on a mudflat teeming with male fiddler crabs. The paper, ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot ...

Between May and July 2022, Wilde and his team created “Wavy Dave,” an artificial fiddler crab with a robotic claw that could ...

Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow and waving.

The crabs, found in Portugal, were shown waving their claws even when not in front of the robot.

A tiny robot fiddler crab is helping environmental scientists better understand the complexities of animal mating rituals and rivalries. And while their initial findings published August 5 in ...

Using a 3D robotic crab, researchers found male fiddler crabs adjust their courtship signals based on the size and behavior of nearby rivals.

Two rescued otter pups were rehabilitated at the Florida Wildlife Hospital. The otters learned to swim, hunt, and eat solid ...

Anyone who ever met Wavy Dave and lived to tell the tale—which is, in point of fact, everyone who has ever met Wavy Dave—would tell you about his claw. It was big, that’s for certain, but this was not ...