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 ...

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 ...

Embattled Mediterranean fisheries and ecosystems may soon be saved by an eight-limbed army. Italian scientists have released 130,000 common octopuses (and counting) to fight blue crabs that have ...

A female blue crab with an acoustic telemetry tag on its shell. Scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center use telemetry tags to track the migration of blue crabs throughout the ...

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Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Often treated as throwaway pets, hermit crabs can live 50 years. Mary Akers, a self-taught expert, wants people to appreciate them as much as she does. Credit... Supported by By Katie L. Burke and ...

In an impressive 37-year-long investigation confirmed that the top—practically only—cause of death for young blue crabs was older crabs from their own species. Reading time 3 minutes Here are two ...

A 37-year study in the Chesapeake Bay revealed that a major predator of young blue crabs might be their own kind The Chesapeake Bay’s crabs are tearing themselves apart. A decades-long study of the ...