Juan Mateo Rivera looking for crabs in a stream in Assis, Acre State, Brazil in 2022. In Manizales, perched in the Colombian Andes, researchers are studying how a native species of small fresh-water ...

Anyone who sees a crab that resembles a Chinese mitten crab should contact Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife to report it ...

Wildlife officials worry people may illegally import these creatures for food, then release them into Oregon waters.

The Straits Times recently reported an exciting milestone for conservationists in Singapore. The endangered Singapore freshwater crab (Johora singaporensis) is now reproducing in the wild following ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth's surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of food eaten by ancient Maya elites during special ritual banquets. Researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have ...

A Chinese mitten crab, an invasive species prohibited in Oregon, was discovered in the Willamette River near the Sellwood ...

Not many creatures on Earth can pull off keeping a pride of curious lions at bay. But lions don’t want to get their soft noses pinched by a crab’s forceful claws any more than we would. The video ...

In the highlands of Luzon in the Philippines, a new species was discovered by a surgeon on a trip, researchers said. AR via Unsplash Robert L. Chang, a colorectal surgeon from Manila, has taken many ...

Scientists looked in underground burrows and discovered a new species of animal, a study said. Photo shows representative area of Karnataka. Photo from Arun Yokesh via Unsplash Digging into the forest ...