After an influx of invasive crabs, The Boot is sending in the tentacles. The country is now arming its waters with 130,000 octopuses after a surge of blue crabs spent decades quietly swarming the seas ...

These shell-dwelling crustaceans can be quite loving exotic pets, but there is a lot of misinformation about what goes into properly caring for them. Thankfully, hermit crab enthusiast and caretaker ...

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GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — A routine patrol at the Westport Marina turned into a major crab-poaching case after a Fish and Wildlife officer found dozens of illegal crabs hidden in a truck and backpack.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Contagious cancer has hit shellfish in Washington. Soft-shell clams in Puget Sound have increasingly been diagnosed with bivalve transmissible neoplasia, according to a study ...

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 ...

Let’s get one thing clear up front: most of us don’t need a rooftop tent. Legend has it rooftop tents were originally created so adventurers could sleep off the ground away from dangerous wildlife. I ...

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 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 ...

The iconic sideways walk of crabs may have evolved just once, in an ancestor that roamed Earth roughly 200 million years ago. That conclusion, published April 21 in eLife, comes from researchers who ...

Biodegradable plastics hold potential for reducing marine plastic pollution, but degrade too quickly, limiting their practical use. Researchers from Gunma University now show that crab shell ...