Biodiversity is often equated with species numbers. A team led by LMU zoologist Professor Carolin Haug has shown that matters are a good deal more complicated than that. The researchers compared the ...

Scientists have discovered a creepy new type of crab that disguises itself in hair scraped from other sea creatures. Despite their menacing appearance, the “fluffy” beasts actually use it as a ...

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 ...

Somewhat overshadowed by the famous coelacanth (Latimeria spp.), another living fossil, horse-shoe crabs are insect-like species that live primarily in shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Meet the Mitten Crab, an invasive species native to East Asia that has found its way into New York waters," New York's Department ...