Judge Dumps Horseshoe Crab Protection

A judge has struck down Delaware's two-year ban on harvesting horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, saying the crustaceans' population is healthy enough to allow a limited harvest.

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Pubic lice leapt from gorillas to early humans

The evolutionary tree shows how pubic lice – Pthirus pubis and Pthirus gorillae – afflict humans and gorillas. Humans and chimps, meanwhile, can host Pediculus head lice (Illustration: J W Demastes/T Choe/V S Smith)

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Diners Eat Raw Crabs on Dare, Get Sick

All eight diners who came down with a rare lung infection after eating raw shellfish consumed live sawagani crabs on a dare, health officials said Friday.

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What Next? If crabs can take over Christmas what will happen after that?

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The way that lobsters are cooked causes concern to many chefs and animal-lovers alike - not to mention the unfortunate crustacean itself. Traditionally, it is dropped alive into a pan of boiling water, where it emits a shrieking noise as it takes several minutes to die. But a …

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Female fiddler crabs have sex with their male neighbours in exchange for protection against wandering male intruders, say Australian researchers.

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7 giant versions of critters, some of which scientists say shouldn't exist.

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In Dutch Harbor the smell of fish wafting from the docks and the canneries is the smell of money. And lately, the town has smelled a lot less fishy.

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In March of this year, a scientific team in the UK released a report indicating, through the use of some novel experiments, that crabs may well feel pain. The study overturned decades of claims that crustaceans can't feel much at all, and garnered worldwide attention.

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Queen's University says new research it conducted shows crabs not only suffer pain but retain a memory of it.

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Should crabs be protected from pain? Vote below. A favored method of preparing fresh crabs is to simply boil them alive. A longstanding related question: Do they feel pain?

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Path integration may not be as widely known as the American Express card, but you'd better not leave the house without it.

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EMERALD SEA ROYALTY - Puget Sound King Crab

ADM Publisher Curt Bowen looked at me and grinned as he stood on the stern platform of the "San Juan Diver". Moments later he strode into the cold green water lapping up against the massive stone wall that was towering above us.

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Canada's Barkley Sound – An Underwater Photographer's Paradise

In mid to late summer of 1787 (the exact date is lost) Captain Charles William Barkley sailed into a huge, previously undocumented sound on the west coast of what is now Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in search of Sea Otter pelts.

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Here we report on a large brachyuran crab species from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico that has claws indicative of highly specialized shell-breaking behaviour.

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Scientists recognized a 67- to 69-million-year-old fossil from the Late Cretaceous period of a big crab with an oversized right claw. Such crabs with claws of different sizes were not known to exist until the early Cenozoic era, about 20 million years later.

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AN ARMY of voracious giant crabs is on the brink of invading the shallow seas off Antarctica, where an array of unique, almost prehistoric sealife has evolved for millions of years without any predators.

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Male fiddler crabs and their human counterparts have a lot in common when it comes to attracting members of the opposite sex, says an Australian researcher. Martin How, from the Australian National University (ANU), has shown for the first time that these animals change their bo …

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The reason for the campaign is fear that the Brazilian may be threatening their existence. The Brazilian, essentially the practice of shaving or waxing away (nearly) all pubic hair has become so popular with women that the animal could be facing extinction.

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The line "reminding people to keep toilet lids closed in case they climb up the U-bend" made us sit up and take note.

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As a born and bred Marylander, these are the top 6 Summer traditions I have come to know and love...

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Interesting articles on how a species of fiddler crab in Panama selects mates based on the size of the sand castle the male builds.

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What exactly went on between gorillas and early humans? No one knows for sure, but scientists say one thing, at least, seems certain: The big apes gave us pubic lice.

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No crabs=50-80% coral mortality. The coral has a much better chance of surviving because of the activity of the crabs, who remove sediment frm the coral.

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Tiny crabs that live in South Pacific coral help to prevent the coral from dying by providing regular cleaning "services" that may be critical to the life of coral reefs around the world, according to scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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This video was taken on Christmas Island in December when the crabs migrated to the beach to mate.

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Inhabitat: Prefabrication isn't just for people! Even tiny crustaceans can benefit from the economic efficiency of mass-produced standardized dwelling units.

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