How does your shore end up with 30 million horseshoe crabs? There are only two possible ways. The first is that your city is overrun by them in a horror movie. (Maybe because they flew there.) The ...
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Parasitic worms help track blue crab population, study says

A new study from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science showed that a species of parasitic worm has done more than ...
A robot crab called "Wavy Dave" has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviors. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow ...
Horseshoe crabs will soon begin their shameless ritual of fornicating on Florida beaches, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants you to document all of it. Every spring, like ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Don't be alarmed if you see two horseshoe crabs latching onto each other and walking toward the shore. It's just their ancient mating ritual. Although horseshoe crabs mate year-round, ...
This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The constant thrum of ...
A robot posing as a tough male crab recently challenged real crabs to a showdown during mating season — and the videos are hilarious. The robot, nicknamed "Wavy Dave," infiltrated fiddler crab (Afruca ...
CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Crab prices are higher than usual for this time of the year. Josh Parker, owner of T.L. Morris Seafood in Trappe, Md., says what's known as a "doubler run" is to blame for the high ...