The Mekong Delta, often referred to as the "rice basket of Vietnam," is a region where rivers weave through rice paddies, ...

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from "Star Wars." ...

Crabs are one of the oldest inhabitants on Earth and are a result of millions of years of evolution from different animals.

But that does not mean you will be seeing a giraffe turning into a crab anytime soon, or humans. An evolutionary biologist at Harvard University, Joanna Wolfe, Ph.D., conducted research in Okinawa, ...

They said two-thirds of hermit crabs species were pictured in "artificial shells" - items that humans discarded. The discovery is published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans has a way of catching our attention. Our species has spread across land and sea, altering the planet in countless ways. Still, Earth’s history shows ...

A new human species, Homo juluensis, has been proposed based on fossils from eastern Asia, dating back 300,000 to 50,000 years ago, possibly including the Denisovans. This research uses a novel method ...

At the picture-perfect beach of La Perle, in the north of the French overseas region of Guadeloupe, authorities have a two-year plan to remove some of the palm trees that fringe its turquoise waters – ...

MONTEREY, Calif. (KGO) -- When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline.

Pubic lice (Phthirus pubis), also known as "crabs," are an insect infestation that commonly affects the genital area of humans. It's challenging to estimate the number of people affected by pubic ...