Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.

Climate change is making crabs lose their sense of smell — and seafood may never be the same Climate change is altering acidity levels in the ocean — and when crabs pay the price, so do humans ...

Ocean acidification could threaten some of Alaska’s most important fisheries. Researchers warn that populations of red king crab in the Bering Sea – made famous by the show The Deadliest Catch ...

In the past four weeks, Dungies seem to be in even greater abundance. Scientists say that coincides with a strong dead zone -- water low in oxygen -- at sea.

Crabs left the sea not once, but several times, in their evolution. Most terrestrial plants and animals departed the ocean for land only once in their distant past ...

The crab usually associated with the mid-Atlantic is showing up in lobster traps in Maine. Scientists say it's due to the state's quickly warming ocean waters.

Ocean pollution has many consequences for marine life, including, it appears, getting hermit crabs "excited." Low concentrations of a common plastic additive called oleamide speed up the crabs ...

Red crabs make it to the Indian Ocean. Island Care Christmas Island Last month, the “extra large” beasts were hiding in gardens, bins and garages across New South Wales.

The oceanic crab Planes minutus lives far from land. The crabs find a refuge between the upper shell and tail of loggerhead sea turtles, where they are nearly always found as a monogamous pair, one ...

Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.