The Chesapeake Bay's most popular crustacean has a dark streak. Cannibalism is the No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in mid-salinity waters where they are known to congregate, according to a new ...

Dr. David Johnson, an ecologist at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has spent more than 20 years in salt marshes, at sites all along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. But while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this July 18, 2011 photo, a giant blue land crab moves through the grass, at Montgomery Botanical Center, in Coral Gables, Fla.

After half a decade of worryingly low numbers, the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population appears to be fighting its way out of a slump. This year's field sampling estimated a total population of 349 ...

That means you might start to spot blue land crabs around this time of year as the female crabs venture out to sea to release their eggs, a time period called spawning season that lasts from June to ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has fallen to its second-lowest level since 1990, down 25% from last year, according to an annual study published Thursday. The numbers are alarming, ...

If you’ve spotted a blue land crab skittering across sand dunes on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, or you do this holiday weekend, you might’ve jumped at the sight of its massive claw. Blue land crabs ...

Predators released in Mediterranean to combat crustaceans damaging coastal fishing economies ...

Under a University of Bologna effort called Octo-Blu, about 80,000 common octopuses raised in captivity have been released ...

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. In a region known for its lobster, a new ...

Many of us tend to think of crabs as either food or perhaps something to run away from on the beach, but one thing that people might not realize is that some species of crabs provide essential ...