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 ...

Members of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, have renewed calls for a ban on boiling lobsters and crabs ...

Did you know that crabs have well-developed senses of sight and smell? They can see objects from 60 feet away and their eyes can take in a 360-degree panoramic view. Their antennae enable them to ...

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

Crabs can actually feel pain as scientists call for humane ways to cook shellfish - Pain response appeared shorter and more ...

They measured central nervous system activity in crabs subjected to stress on claws, antennae, and legs. The findings suggest that shore crabs have pain signaling to the brain, with physical ...

For the first time, scientists have directly observed pain signals being transmitted to the brains of shore crabs, providing ...

Every part of the shore crabs’ bodies responded to each painful stimuli, except its antennae, which only exhibited responses to chemical stimuli. These pain principles apply not only to shore ...

Boiling lobsters and crabs alive has been a common method of ... electric shocks or noxious acids touching their soft tissues such as the antennae. In these earlier experiments, the shellfish ...

Every part of the shore crabs’ bodies responded to each painful stimuli, except its antennae, which only exhibited responses to chemical stimuli. These pain principles apply not only to shore crabs ...