The study is conducted in three wildlife sanctuaries, including one in Maharashtra, and the centre plans to expand it by ...

Scientists believe the small crab boarded the research vessel from a plastic bag lifted from the seabed during the coral sampling expedition.

The UCD InEco laboratory (Invasive Ecology) is a research group that investigates different invasive species to "understand ...

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

A new crab species has been discovered in the coral reefs of the South China Sea ... Belonging to the Xanthidae family, this small crab is "densely covered with short setae" and showcases a ...

but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on Earth, Japanese spider crabs are the largest, spanning up to 12.5 feet from the tip of one ...

Small, fertile, rugged and fueled by an expansive appetite, the species, he says, is “an exemplary invader, a perfect invader.” European green crabs originally hail from the northeastern ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.— The Center for Biological Diversity and 22 partner organizations petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to list the American horseshoe crab as an endangered species under the Endangered ...