Male fiddler crabs are lopsided, with one claw that seems about the right size and one very large claw. As you might expect, one function of the larger claw is to attract females. The males drum with ...

SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday. Researchers from the Australian National ...

Nine years ago, I stood on the muddy banks of the Great Marsh, a salt marsh an hour north of Boston, and pulled a thumb-sized crab with an absurdly large claw out of a burrow. I was looking at a ...

The fiddler crab is one of the most entertaining — and ecologically important — residents of our shoreline, Jace Tunnell ...

The male European fiddler crab attracts his mate by performing a courtship dance. New research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology... Into dudes who drum? You might be a female fiddler ...

SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday. Researchers from The Australian National ...

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 ...

Fiddler crabs are renowned for their elaborate courtship displays, which involve both visual and vibrational signals that play crucial roles in mate attraction and intraspecific communication. Males ...

Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...

Video captured by visitors of Dauphin Island shows hundreds of Fiddler crabs in the marshy area. Kim Milstead said she and ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. David Johnson had been working in the ...