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 ...

Coconut crab (Birgus latro) populations are only found in islands across the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean, with most habitats located near the shore. Though they are related to hermit ...

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 ...

Anyone who has dug their toes or fingers into the wet sand at the water's edge has no doubt unearthed a sand crab, a.k.a. sand flea or sand mole These small armadillo-shaped critters are usually no ...