No. 1 male crabs are those that measure at least 6 1/2 inches from point to point. In Maryland, consumers will pay almost any price for No. 1s, so most of those caught in Louisiana's waters end up in ...

Have you ever seen a living fossil? Horseshoe crabs spawn in Maryland’s coastal bays from May through July each year. These funny looking creatures go back 445 million years. Some people call them ...

Celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8 by learning about these ancient arthropods Ashley Goetz The ocean has many unusual inhabitants, but few are as strange and ancient as the horseshoe crab. Get to ...

When a nondescript, brownish crab was hand-caught in the Willamette River in November 2025, it raised the alarm at the Oregon ...

Despite delays in the Bay Area’s commercial crab fishing season, hauls of Dungeness crab from the northern coast have started hitting Bay Area restaurants and seafood markets. That sweet, sweet ...

A strong incoming tide on a morning earlier this week pushed a surge of brackish water up a marsh-rimmed slough connected to Galveston Bay, the tidal flow bearing on its bosom some of the fortunes and ...

An exotic type of crab is spreading at an alarming rate throughout Britain's coast and rivers, a new study suggests. The Chinese mitten crab, brought to Britain during the last century in ships' ...