Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...

"But the Hoff crab is able to survive by crowding around the hot hydrothermal vents and evolving in ways we're only just beginning to understand." The vents are made up of volcanic rock systems that ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species in its family to show different claw characteristics between sexes.

“But the Hoff crab is able to survive by crowding around the hot hydrothermal vents and evolving in ways we’re only just beginning to understand.” The vents are made up of volcanic rock ...

Scientists reveal fighting secrets of crab named after David Hasselhoff - The crab was given its nickname because of its hairy chest ...

The crab earned its nickname due to the dense ... which live exclusively in harsh deep-sea environments like hydrothermal vents and methane seeps. “Knowing that there’s a difference in size ...

Scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Southampton discovered the difference in claw size while monitoring the “Hoff crab ... like hydrothermal vents and methane seeps.

Scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Southampton discovered the difference in claw size while monitoring the “Hoff crab”, which gained its ... in harsh deep-sea environments like ...