MOSS LANDING – When Ed Ricketts collected data for his seminal 1939 book “Between Pacific Tides,” he described the lined shore crab as a vegetarian and part-time scavenger that feeds primarily on ...

Crustaceans might put up a hard exterior, but on the inside, they may be more sensitive than is often assumed. For the first time, scientists have shown the brains of living shore crabs (Carcinus ...

Japanese shore crabs, a square-shaped crustacean that poses a direct threat to soft-shell (steamer) clams, mussels and lobsters, were discovered July 13 by Cornell University marine biologists in ...

Shore crabs carry parasites that pose a major threat to shellfish stocks. In a new study, Swansea University researchers have used several different detection methods, including taking DNA from ...

Crabs from a single species rely on different camouflage techniques depending on what habitat they live in, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists compared the colour patterns of common ...

The ocean is getting too loud even for crabs. Normally, shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) can slowly change their shell color to blend in with the rocky shores in which they live, but recent findings show ...

March 9 (UPI) --The shore crab is the most common crab on the coasts of the British Isles. Its color changing abilities help the crab blend in to its surroundings, but new research suggests ship noise ...

The ocean is getting too loud even for crabs. Normally, shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) can slowly change their shell color to blend in with the rocky shore, but recent findings show that prolonged ...