The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, is found throughout New England, the Canadian Maritimes, the west coast of North America from California to British Columbia as well as South Africa ...

The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is recognized as one of the most damaging invasive species globally, particularly affecting coastal ecosystems in North America. Originally from ...

Scientists believe European green crabs (Carcinus maenas), also known as Joe rocker crabs, first arrived in North America in the early 1800s.They likely caught a ride in the ballast of merchant ...

Elkhorn Slough in California’s Monterey Bay has been plagued by invasive European green crabs for a while. Luckily, efforts to keep the pesky critters under control have been bolstered by an ...

MONTEREY, Calif. (KGO) -- When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline. Thinning ...

The federal funding is part of a nationwide investment to support community-driven habitat restoration and climate resilience ...

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...