They live in coastal marshes and other estuarine habitats, where they primarily feed on snails, clams, mussels and small crabs. The terrapin is potentially a keystone species in salt marshes and ...

Florida’s waters are blessed with an abundance of native species — spiny lobsters, pink shrimp and hogfish snapper, among many others — but king of the winter months is the stone crab ...

Florida is home to several diverse crab species, and two of the most popular ones for consumption are blue crabs and stone ...

And why are they so expensive? You can only fish for stone crab on the southeastern coast of the US, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Mexico. And it's Florida where more stone crabs are caught than anywhere ...

The “vampire”-like animals were popular aquarium pets — and a new species. Achmad Sofyan made several treks into the forests of Java island in search of vampire crabs. These colorful crabs ...

“As a new non-native species in our state ... beyond native habitat in Florida, Texas Blue Land Crabs are native from Brazil ...

With diamond-patterned shells and speckled skin, these stunning turtles are a keystone species in the salt marshes and mangroves where ... In 2020 the Center and allies petitioned Florida to pass laws ...