How does a crustacean become a crab?
Crabs are living the meme life on social media lately. The memes joke that everything will eventually look like a crab. But it's actually based in some truth......»»
Researchers reveal true crabs" epic ancient odyssey from sea to land and back again
Crabs are unique and continuously evolving animals, often moving their lifestyles out of marine environments for other environments to do so. The most popular food species can be fully marine (snow crab) or estuarine (Maryland blue crab, Dungeness cr.....»»
James Webb snaps an image of the famous and beautiful Crab Nebula
Located 6,500 light-years away, the Crab Nebula is famous among astronomers for its elaborate and beautiful structure......»»
Reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California"s crab fishermen
Sometimes simple solutions are better. It all depends on the nature of the problem. For humpback whales, the problem is the rope connecting a crab trap on the seafloor to the buoy on the surface. And for fishermen, it's fishery closures caused by wha.....»»
Alaskan fishers fear another bleak season as crab populations dwindle in warming waters
Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father's crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access rights for a snow crab fishery that's typically the largest and richest in the Bering Sea. Then.....»»
Italy"s clam farmers fear blue crab "invasion"
In the shallow waters of the Scardovari lagoon, fishermen catch clams for Italy's beloved spaghetti alle vongole, alongside mussels and oysters. But an invader risks putting them out of business......»»
The Snow Crab Vanishes
Over the past few years, billions of snow crabs have unexpectedly disappeared from the Bering Sea. What happens to the Indigenous people who depend on them for survival?.....»»
Disorder lends robustness to the embryonic development of a tiny shrimp
Consider the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a tiny crustacean with some interesting attributes......»»
Don"t toss that crab shell. A substance found in it could be key to renewable energy, researchers say
At summertime backyard feasts, crab shells are just a barrier between hunger and satisfaction. Marylanders smash the crustaceans' protective casings with wooden mallets, pick out the tasty meat and toss the remnants aside......»»
Another Crab’s Treasure is the SpongeBob Soulslike I didn’t know I wanted
Another Crab's Treasure may look like it could be a SpongeBob SquarePants game, but it plays like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice......»»
Crab populations are crashing. Could losing their sense of smell be one of the important reasons why?
A new U of T Scarborough study finds that climate change is causing a commercially significant marine crab to lose its sense of smell, which could partially explain why their populations are thinning......»»
This Crab-Walking Hyundai EV Could End Our Parallel Parking Nightmares Forever
Parallel parking is one of the most feared maneuvers a driver has to face, but Hyundai's tech division has figured out a solution: drive the car sideways. Parall.....»»
Two species found "nowhere else on the planet" documented in western N.C, museum says
A feisty looking crustacean in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains is a new species found nowhere else in the world, according to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences......»»
New federal program targets abandoned crab, lobster traps
The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska......»»
NASA’s IXPE mission gets an X-ray view of the famous Crab Nebula
A NASA X-ray instrument has provided a new view of one of astronomy's most beautiful objects, the Crab Nebula......»»
Scientists discover hidden crab diversity among coral reefs
The Indo-West Pacific is the largest, most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth, and many of the species it supports have comparably wide ranges. Writing in The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin noted that "… many fish range from the Pacific into t.....»»
Philippine fishermen struggle as oil spill keeps them ashore
A crab covered in oil creeps across the sand as Philippine fishermen wearing white protective suits, rubber gloves, and respirator masks scrape toxic sludge from the rocks along the shore......»»
Researchers develop a shrimp authenticity test
Diners with discerning tastes may be keen to order an entrée featuring shrimp harvested from the waters of the Atlantic. Or perhaps they prefer a Pacific crustacean......»»
Aggressive shrimp and surprising predators make life tough for spanner crabs
For years, fishers have suspected sharks of stealing their spanner crab catch. Now a University of the Sunshine Coast study has cleared sharks and instead uncovered three unexpected culprits taking a bite out of Australia's commercial crab industry......»»
Watch Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 EV perform a crab walk
Hyundai is making exciting progress with its e-Corner technology that lets a driver crab walk out of a tight spot, among other maneuvers......»»
Climate change is coming for the Jersey Shore, retiring coastal expert warns
On a dock overlooking a coil of Nacote Creek in Atlantic County, New Jersey, earlier this month, Stewart Farrell, director of Stockton University's Coastal Research Center, gave an impromptu master class on barrier islands, ancient geology, crab trap.....»»