A fun-size crustacean with a cartoonish face has smitten the internet with enamored viewers dubbing the critter the “cutest ...

The baby king crab, known scientifically as Neolithodes agassizii, was found by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

A growing body of research suggests crabs, lobsters and other animals caught for seafood can feel pain. Scientists are pushing for legal protections to ensure they are treated humanely.

The most adorable, silly-looking baby king crab, accidentally collected by NOAA researchers in the Gulf of Mexico, has ...

NOAA Fisheries, an office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has shared a new video of a tiny baby crab covered in spikes and sitting in the palm of a scientist's hand.

The researchers said they worried the green crabs’ population decline could’ve been a fluke, but the trend continued over the following decade. While there are other animals in Elkhorn Slough ...

Carcinization is a captivating type of convergent evolution where five different groups of crustaceans have separately evolved to have crab-like body structures. Evolutionary ...

Along with its obvious impact on animal welfare, this annual harvest is contributing to a significant decline in the horseshoe crab population. This, in turn, deprives other animals—including the red ...

A recent study found sea otters are eating thousands of green crabs at a California reserve, reducing the invasive species’ population.