These crustaceans have been misnamed for two reasons: First, they’re not true crabs, like blue crabs, in that they don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells.

Due to these regulations, the horseshoe crab population in South Carolina is increasing and has been for the past 15 years. Understanding the vital role HSC's unique blue blood plays in the safe ...

One of the most prominent — and pinchy — ways this manifests is known as carcinization, the idea that nature keeps evolving crabs. Indeed, a crab-like body shape, or morphology, has evolved ...

As part of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s Falmouth Forum series, biologist Michael Dawson will give a talk titled “The Horseshoe Crab: Ancient Mariner and Modern Medicine,” on Friday, November 22, ...

Research reveals that five different groups of decapods have independently evolved to have distinctly crab-like traits. This is how “crabification” works.

Or perhaps the maker is long dead, and the shell now belongs to a hermit crab. Curious ... are limited by their anatomy and can’t easily unscrew anything. At the same time, octopuses are ...

have existed for more than 300 million years - and we use their pale blue blood to keep us all safe. No, it's not science fiction, just plain old science. We're talking about the horseshoe crab.

The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The great hammerhead shark is found in a ...

Atlantic Blue crab - this crab has a blue-brown shell and can grow to 20cm/8in, but is usually sold smaller. When newly 'moulted' (crabs regularly shed their hard shells), the crabs are caught ...

The probe lens is an amazing piece of camera equipment developed specifically for Blue Planet II. It has a tiny front element that allows you to get super low – right amongst the crab legs to ...

This family-owned purveyor has been around since 1943, serving up fresh fish, stone crab, lobster, oysters, live blue crabs, shrimp, and all other forms of the ocean's bounty. So, if you're in ...

Dylan White plots out some intriguing swing decision data from top MLB prospects to see what kinds of decisions are being made at the plate. Ben Badler returns with more recent news from the world ...