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

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 ...

The nervous system of a shore crab. (Kasiouras et al., Biology, 2024) When a form of vinegar with varying acidity was smeared ...

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 ...

Scientists called for humane ways to handle crabs, lobsters, and other shellfish in the kitchen after showing for the first time that crustaceans indeed feel pain. At such a critical moment in US ...

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

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 ...

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