When filmmakers slipped a robot crab into a real crab aggregation, they expected curiosity. What they captured instead was a ...

If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny hermit crab scuttling about. What you might not realize is that hermit crabs are ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Carcinization is the separate, five-time evolution of crabs. Parallel evolution isn’t unheard of by any means, but crabs have done it a lot. Their ...

Four new species of freshwater crab, bright purple in colour, have been discovered in the biologically diverse but ecologically-threatened Philippines, the man who found them said Saturday.

A TikTok video posted by user @ContentwithCee, also known as Chels, has gone viral and not for the reasons you'd expect. The clip, which shows her placing live Maryland blue crabs into a glass air ...

WASHINGTON — The blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay is at its second-lowest number in recorded history, dropping by 25% since last year. Still, an assessment of two states' surveys' results ...

The specimen was found at Mazon Creek fossil beds, a site known for its beautifully preserved animals and plants.

Carcinization is the separate, five-time evolution of crabs. Parallel evolution isn’t unheard of by any means, but crabs have done it a lot. Their repeated similar evolution makes them interesting to ...