A plate of golden fried crab cakes with lemon slices and green salad - Bhofack2/Getty Images It's a beautiful thing when a region and its victuals are in complete symbiosis. Philadelphia has ...

A petition to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries to extend endangered species protection to horseshoe crabs is gaining traction, with a bevy of organizations now backing the ...

"Meet the Mitten Crab, an invasive species native to East Asia that has found its way into New York waters," New York's Department of Environmental Conservation said Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture ...

When a nondescript, brownish crab was hand-caught in the Willamette River in November 2025, it raised the alarm at the Oregon ...

Hats: They’re a hot fashion trend — even if you’re a crustacean. A previously undiscovered species of crab, recently found washed up on a beach in Western Australia, apparently seeks out and tailors ...

The vampire crabs were found on the fruit of palm plants in a freshwater swamp forest in Thailand, researchers said. Ng, P., Yeesin, P. and Promdam, R. via Tropical Natural History While exploring a ...

The federal government is shutting down the harvest of a species of marine invertebrate in a national wildlife refuge during the spawning season to try to give the animal a chance to reproduce.

A species of crab has been found to play an "unheralded role" in the breakdown of microplastic particles, according to ...

It's a beautiful thing when a region and its victuals are in complete symbiosis. Philadelphia has cheesesteaks, Champagne has ... well, Champagne, and Maryland has crab cakes. What makes Maryland crab ...