Plastic pollution is killing off the hermit crabs
This is an unmitigated catastrophe.
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Crabs can solve mazes and find their way out
Crustaceans are just as good as some mammals at spatial learning.
Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows
This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.
Fossil Friday: newly-discovered Callichimaera perplexa is an adorable, weird crab
How is it possible for something with those eyes to ever go extinct? How? Why?!
Microplastics could break down whole ecosystems — they’re making prey unresponsive to predators
This could be a very bad development.
It will be illegal to boil lobsters alive in Switzerland
The new laws come in light of overwhelming evidence suggesting crustaceans can sense pain.
Scientists name 245-million-year-old Horseshoe crab after Darth Vader
The force is strong with this one.
Remote Island in the middle of the Pacific is the most plastic-littered place on Earth
What was supposed to be one of the most pristine locations on Earth has now become a landfill.
New study finds a myriad of applications for crab sugar
A review of recent research found that an unexpected mixture could do wonders for bone regeneration and wound healing.
Antarctica Yeti Crab Grows and Harvests its Own Food
Scientists have discovered and described the only known species of Yeti Crab that resides in Antarctica's Southern Ocean. The crab, ...
Crabs and other shellfish feel pain. Opens ethical discussion
A new study from researchers at Queen's University Belfast, UK, found that indeed shellfish, like crabs or lobsters that are ...
Hermit crabs socialize in order to back stab their neighbor and steal their ‘homes’
There are around 800 hermit crab species living in the ocean. These crustaceans like to mind their own business and ...
120 million crabs hit the streets
Image by Lilolebob. Every year, around this time of year, more than 100 million determined crabs take to the streets ...