Male blue crabs are generally slightly larger than female blue crabs but, Leung adds, it's important to know which kind ...

Professor Richard Fortey investigates the reproductive cycle of crabs. The moulting process is where the female sheds her exoskeleton by releasing enzymes that digest the shell and then ...

LONG BRANCH, N.J.— The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted today to temporarily halt the harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, a crucial nesting area and stopover habitat ...

Initially, experts reckoned nearly all crabs survived the unlikely donation. But in recent years, it's been estimated that anything up to 30% die from it. Oher studies suggest female crabs that go ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. All around her, guys wave seductively, beckoning her to their beach homes. How will the female fiddler crab pick a mate?

What makes this dish unique from similar bisques is that it contains crab roe. These semi-translucent orange orbs are egg clusters found in female crabs. For instance, caviar is a salted type of ...