Brown sophomore Sophia Wu is spending her summer at Save the Bay in Rhode Island, wrangling crabs, supporting summer camps ...

Opilio crabs and king crabs are often confused due to their similar habitats or use in cuisine, but there are many easy ways ...

Horseshoe crab ancestors first appeared in the fossil record 450 million years ago. But climate change and harvesting are ...

Learn how a fossil from approximately 500 million years ago traces the evolutionary origins of spiders, scorpions, and other ...

In one popular myth passed down in Malay folklore, tidal changes are explained by a massive crab that resides among the roots ...

University of Arizona researchers reviewed an "exquisitely preserved" fossil of Mollisonia symmetrica that supports the idea ...

Who knew sea cucumbers and seaweed could pay the bills? Thanks to a transformative initiative known as the Bahari Mali ...

A beachgoer found more than 250 huge dead spider crabs washed up on the shore after heading down for an evening stroll. Samuel Lacey, 22, said the trail of crustaceans went on for as far as he could ...

“Micah Meets a Mami Wata” isn’t just about mermaids and magic, but also the importance of ocean conservation and clean ...

In the depths of Earth's briny waters lurk some truly strange deep-sea creatures Rare and remarkable deep-sea creatures ...

Over billions of years, the drive to survive, reproduce, and outcompete rivals has pushed plants and animals to incredible ...

Here is a round-up of the latest outdoors news from across Virginia and the region. Big Bass! While the evidence is purely anecdotal at this point, there are more big largemouth bass being caught out ...