An invasive species had taken over ecosystems across the West Coast and was threatening to dominate another one in Monterey County, California, when ecologist Rikke Jeppesen began her research two ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in ...

The annual migration of Christmas Island's red crabs—where millions of creatures cover its beaches as they make their way ...

In the neighboring Tomales Bay, the European green crab alone has caused a clam harvesting decline of up to 40%. On the East ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

Sea otters. Once nearly wiped out by the fur ... Today, about 100 otters call Elkorn Slough home, devouring tens of thousands of green crabs each year, doing for free what humans couldn't ...

An attempt to sell catch quotas for a lot of deep-sea crabs in the Russian Far East has been cancelled for the third time ...

Male crabs of a species named after actor David Hasselhoff grow bigger claws than females so they can fight each other for a mate, according to a new study. Scientists from the universities of ...

is notable for its wing-like pectoral fins and its ability to 'walk' on the sea floor using crab-like legs. These legs also help in foraging, allowing the fish to taste the sand for prey like ...

A new study by scientists and graduates at the University of Plymouth has investigated one aspect of how the future ...