After a rebound last year from a rock bottom count the year before, the number of blue crabs estimated in the Chesapeake Bay held fairly steady, according to this year’s winter survey. For the survey, ...

A rare sight from the deep: a baby king crab surfaced, and it’s the cutest thing ever, so it broke the internet. NOAA Fisheries shared a video on X, probably knowing full well it would be a massive ...

The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay increased about 43 percent last year, according to survey data released yesterday, and scientists said it was probably a sign that measures taken to ...

Laura Crane winds her way around a maze of shallow pools at the Webhannet Marsh near Wells, Maine. She stops at one pool with a small blue flag poking through the tall grass at the water's edge, grabs ...

The most adorable, silly-looking baby king crab, accidentally collected by NOAA researchers in the Gulf of Mexico, has rightfully become an instant online sensation. News reports claim the li'l spiky ...

For Maryland’s beloved body of water, the Chesapeake Bay, it was a week marked by stark highs and lows. On one hand, the Bay is experiencing a baby blue crab boom, according to scientists who ...

The crab usually associated with the mid-Atlantic is showing up in lobster traps in Maine. Scientists say it's due to the state's quickly warming ocean waters. In a region known for its lobster, a new ...