A three-month experiment with new crab gear technology designed to reduce the risk of whale entanglement has won over some ...

Over the decades, Gauvry has found a way to include local communities in protecting horseshoe crabs by setting up “backyard ...

Both species have seen population declines ... decided to spearhead the sanctuary movement in Big Stone Beach after seeing a horseshoe crab harvester collect a large number of crabs off their ...

Evolution keeps making crabs. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a special scientific term for an organism turning ...

Only about the size of pinkie fingernails now, larval Dungeness crab could help predict the future of the commercial fishery.

BIG STONE BEACH, DE- Big Stone Beach has joined ... community to educate themselves on this 445 million year old species. In ...

Part 2 of WTOP's Claws and Effect series looks at the competition the Chesapeake Bay blue crab is facing under the water.

Undoubtedly, stone crabs are one of Florida’s favorite foods. Every year, the season runs from October 15 to May 1, a highly ...

Scientists who took part in an independent inquiry that refuted the ‘pyridine hypothesis’ faced widespread criticism and ...

In October 2021, thousands of dead and dying crabs and lobsters washed up along 45 miles (70km) of coastline in north-east ...

This once nuisance species transformed into a ... “It’s the family legacy and lore. We have the largest fleet that continues to harvest the most stone crabs every season.” ...