University of Gothenburg researchers have provided scientific proof that shore crabs feel pain, urging a reevaluation of how shellfish are treated under EU animal welfare laws. This evidence supports ...

Scientists are using molecules found in creepy crawlies to fight untreatable melanoma. Bacteria-fighting peptides in ...

Ghost crabs were responsible for the loss of nearly 30% of flatback turtle hatchlings at Thevenard Island, near Onslow on the northwest coast of Australia, according to new research published in ...

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg are the first to prove that painful stimuli are sent to the brain of shore ...

It looks as if this juvenile crab got a dye job at the salon – but it’s actually an image taken under ultraviolet light. Tiny crabs at this stage of their life cycle are free-floating. As adults, they ...

Earlier this year, for instance, a study found that shore crabs showed signs of anxiety in the face of electric shocks and ...

Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon (Oswald State Park) to the California border, ...

PhD student at the University of Gothenburg and lead author of the study published in the journal Biology. The activity of the central nervous system in the brain was measured in the crab when the ...

Spiders, crabs, and other arthropods evolved from a group of animals that underwent a burst of diversity around 500 million ...

Millions of purple marsh crabs are churning through salt marshes along the East Coast, significantly disrupting the storage ...

Researchers in Sweden have made a new discovery which could change the way people cook crabs and lobsters. According to a new ...