Terrestrial hermit crabs are soft-bodied crustaceans that live near water in the world's tropical areas. Without any natural protection of their own, these crabs normally find shelter in discarded ...

A dime-sized tropical crab that has invaded coastal waters in the Southeast United States is having both positive and negative effects on oyster reefs, leaving researchers unable to predict what the ...

The vampire crabs were found on the fruit of palm plants in a freshwater swamp forest in Thailand, researchers said. Ng, P., Yeesin, P. and Promdam, R. via Tropical Natural History While exploring a ...

A fiddler crab is a crab species from the genus Uca. They are native to brackish environments, which are made of part freshwater and part saltwater, all over the world. Fiddler crabs get their name ...

JENNIFER: WELL, IF YOU ARE HEADING TO THE BEACH THI SUMMER, DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE A HORSESHOE CRAB OR TWO STRANDED ON THE SHORE. BUT THERE IS NO REASON TO BE AFRAID. JOINING US LIVE THIS ...