This species of crayfish has been called invasive by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department after it showed up along Texas ...

Biologists in the Rio Grande Valley are concerned about the invasive Australian redclaw crayfish found in Texas, threatening ...

The speaker, Robert Elwood, based his assertions on a series of experiments in which crabs were subjected to electric shocks. Many have argued that crustaceans do not feel pain, claiming the animals’ ...

What crawfish is to Louisiana, and lobster is to Maine, blue crab is to Maryland. The crustacean is synonymous with the Chesapeake Bay, and is revered for its delicate and distinct flavor.

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 purchase at an urban Vietnamese fish market turned out to be a whole new species of giant isopod –with a bit of a dark side. The foot-long crustacean has been named Bathynomus vaderi and sports a ...

Carcinization is a captivating type of convergent evolution where five different groups of crustaceans have separately evolved to have crab-like body structures. Evolutionary ...

But how much do we really know about the lives of these crustaceans? Despite their intriguing looks and substantial size, relatively little is known about giant isopods. We know where they live and ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...