Coconut crabs are more than just oversized beach crawlers they're surprisingly fierce predators. Discover the jaw-dropping truth about their diet, including shocking encounters with birds and even ...

The horseshoe crab has been on Earth for 350 million years. An ancient and complex anatomy hides within its domed shell. From its 10 eyes to its tube-like heart, the horseshoe crab's unique ...

Divers in the Caribbean Sea are increasingly encountering coral branches with missing tips. For a long time, it was unclear ...

State agencies and resource management groups report more than 1 million European green crabs were removed from Washington’s ...

Borradaile famously defined as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab.” Let’s go to the Thought Bubble. It all started with the cycloids, a group of arthropods that lived from the ...

2, No. 1; 1929). The author has hatched out the young of twenty-four species of Japanese crabs, and from these first zoeas each genus can be quite easily recognised.

NOAA's video of a juvenile king crab, found during a Gulf of Mexico operation, went viral for its unique appearance. Researchers say the crab hitched a ride from 3,477 feet deep, inspiring fan art ...

Chinese mitten crabs are an invasive species whose spread in the UK requires continuous updating. Everyone can monitor their distribution by reporting sightings. These crafty crustaceans damage ...

For some years investigations on the ecology of the common shore crab, Carcinus maenas, have been carried out in inshore Danish waters (the Isefjord area, Zealand) and among other things the ...

Horseshoe crabs are currently listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Horseshoe crabs play an essential role in the survival of migratory shorebirds, including the ...