When it comes to crustaceans, lobsters, and crabs seem to steal the spotlight. Both of these shelled creatures are well known ...

They’re more closely related to certain kinds of lobsters than to true crabs. Hermit crabs have a curled tail with a hook that enables their bodies to fit inside these borrowed shells.

America’s Northeastern coast has been overrun by crabs from Europe and Asia ... where we expected they would die, as lobsters quickly do when immersed in fresh water. We’d then dump their ...

A burgeoning Jonah crab population is proving a challenge for some Nova Scotia lobster fishermen. Dan Fleck, executive director of the Brazil Rock 33/34 Lobster Association, says the crabs are having ...

Dan Fleck, executive director of the Brazil Rock 33/34 Lobster Association, says the crabs are having a significant impact on the lobster catch in certain areas, particularly in lobster fishing ...