A Chinese mitten crab has been caught in the Pacific Northwest for the first time, raising concerns about the spread of the highly invasive species. According to an alert from the Oregon Department of ...

A highly invasive species of crab — capable of climbing over 13-foot-high concrete structures — has been spotted in the Pacific Northwest for the first time, wildlife officials said.

The Great Barrier Reef is full of surprises—even for the scientists who study it every day. Recently, some unlikely potential ...

A Chinese mitten crab, a species banned in Oregon, was captured in the Lower Columbia River near Tongue Point on April 22.

Oregon wildlife officials are warning that a highly invasive species of crab has been spotted for the first time in the Pacific Northwest.

A highly invasive crab species capable of scaling 13-foot concrete barriers has been spotted for the first time in the Pacific Northwest, as wildlife officials warn of potential ecological and ...

An invasive species of crab that's native to East Asia and is known for their ability to climb vertical structures has been ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) says a fisherman along the lower Columbia River, in the border region of ...

It's the first confirmed Pacific Northwest sighting of the crab that caused significant ecological damage in the San ...

In 2009, a research group led by Dr. Keiichi Kakui at the Faculty of Science discovered a rather unusual small crustacean ...

When the tide goes out, they leave their burrows in the sand to hunt for clams and small crabs ... do not have horned tips like other ghost crab species. In addition to the Atlantic ghost crab ...