These crustaceans have been misnamed for two reasons: First, they’re not true crabs, like blue crabs ... a shell of their own and coming back to land. Hermit crabs don’t breed well in ...

In early August, blue crab fans took over Lewes, Delaware, for the Crab Pot Jamboree, where the biggest catch was learning ...

The blue crab species Discoplax celeste is only found on Christmas Island. It is one of more than 20 species of land crab on the island. With more than 150 million red crabs on Christmas Island ...

Lucy Turner, a lecturer in marine biology at the University of Plymouth in the UK, began researching the blue crabs in 2006 for her PhD. "Land crabs are just so fascinating. They're like a ...