Watch a blue crab molt as it escapes its shell. Learn how crabs shed exoskeletons, survive vulnerability, and grow larger.

As if you needed another excuse to gorge yourself with delicious crustaceans — the first full moon in May officially marked the beginning of the soft-shell crab season. The blue crab, callinectus ...

They typically start to appear in restaurants in the springtime — fried on sandwiches, pressed into tacos, rolled tight into sushi. Many chefs are eager to get them in stock to be proudly rattled off ...