Celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8 by learning about these ancient arthropods Ashley Goetz The ocean has many unusual inhabitants, but few are as strange and ancient as the horseshoe crab. Get to ...

Rising human exploitation of the oceans is pushing ever further into regions that scientists increasingly suspect are full of conscious life. New research into creatures from sperm whales to octopuses ...

The Pacific Ocean is now so acidic that it’s dissolving the shells of crabs, according to a new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The study, funded by the National ...

Tens of millions of red crabs are crawling their way to the ocean as part of their annual migration on Christmas Island. On the island is a much smaller human population that uses leaf blowers and ...

Eating steamed crabs at the beach is a favorite pastime of many Marylanders. The spicy and salty seasoning combined with the sweet and succulent crab meat just tastes like summer – and it's a must-try ...

Federal and state researchers in Kodiak hope work being done in the lab will provide more information about how Bering Sea crab populations handle climate change. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) ...

David Johnson had been working in the salt marshes of Plum Island, just south of New Hampshire’s border, for about a decade when he spotted an unusual small crustacean descend quickly into a burrow in ...

In a region known for its lobster, a new species is showing up with more frequency in Maine. Blue crabs, the prize centerpiece of a summertime meal in the Chesapeake Bay, are expanding their range ...

It was absolutely crab-ulous. Moo Deng, eat your heat out. A fun-size crustacean with a cartoonish face has smitten the ...

This week’s Foodie Friday highlight is King Ocean Crab in Lansing! Join the Lansing Foodies as they talk with Ben Zhang, the manager of King Ocean Crab, about their amazing remodel on their interior, ...