Alaska's fight against European green crabs is growing more urgent as the invasive species pushes farther north, heightening ...

Horseshoe crabs along New Jersey’s Delaware Bay are showing signs of recovery after 15 years of sharp decline. But ...

Hermit crabs have a bizarre trick for squeezing into shells that seem impossibly small, and scientists just figured out the ...

For decades, biologists have known that hermit crabs forced to live in shells that are too small slow their growth. What wasn't clear was how they did it. New research suggests the answer isn't simply ...

While there have always been certain things that define life in Maryland — the variety in its “America in Miniature” landscape and its mix of North-South and urban-rural aesthetic, we inevitably find ...

Love 'em or hate 'em, soft-shell crab season on Long Island has begun. Along the East Coast, the divisive delicacy finds many diners enthusiastic, while others wrinkle their noses at the crunchy ...

The Humboldt Crabs continued their early-season roll as they trounced the visiting South Bay Storm 15-3 and 12-3 Saturday and Sunday, respectively, to close out a three-game series. This came on the ...

Crabs’ famous sideways walk may trace back to a single evolutionary moment 200 million years ago. Researchers found that most modern crabs inherited this trait from one ancestor—and never looked back.

The Carolina Skiff bounced across the chop in Duxbury Bay as it approached a bright green buoy marking Scott Connor’s traps. If his catch from the day before was any indication, there was no need to ...

Chef Brad Leone fries up delicate soft-shell crab for an iconic Maryland sandwich packed with coastal flavor. Coffee found to have startling effect on aging, says new study US Supreme Court rejects ...

The latest estimates of blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay are largely encouraging. The 2026 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, released this week, estimates the total number of crabs in the bay ...

Many crabs are famous for their sideways shuffle, but little is known about how this movement evolved. Now, scientists have traced the history of their iconic walk to a common ancestor that lived ...