Cape May is well known for its ghost tours and haunted Victorian lore—but you don’t have to wait until Halloween to go ...

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they're simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the ...

The ocean is a wild habitat where any keen beachgoer could spy a myriad of marine life that comes covered in shells or swims ...

The Juicy Crab doesn’t do subtle. It’s all about bold sauces, heaping trays of seafood, and eating with your hands. It got ...

Microscopic claw hairs help hermit crabs sense threats and make quick decisions, revealing a link between anatomy and ...

From antiquity to modern times, the city has been rife with creatures that creep, slither, scurry and nest among its pillars ...

The analysis revealed that the bolder hermit crabs have more sensilla located on the claw’s surface. Additionally, more ...

If European green crabs become common, they’ll put even more pressure on the already threatened ecosystem. The crabs tend to uproot the eelgrass as they dig for sea worms or shellfish in the silt, and ...

A juvenile humpback whale was spotted caught in two sets of commercial crab gear southwest of Humboldt Bay on June 7. Its whereabouts are currently unknown by rescuers and CDFW is set to shutter th… ...

Summer is a great time to forage for invasive species for your supper, or dessert, including green crabs, periwinkles, knotweed and rosa rugosa ...

Despite their name, horseshoe crabs—bizarre, ancient aquatic critters—don’t look like horseshoes and they’re definitely not crabs. They’re arachnids. Just like spiders, scorpions ...

Soft-shell crabs are one of the wonders of the culinary world, with their pliable, fully edible shells. What gives them their smooth texture?