The fiddler crab is one of the most entertaining — and ecologically important — residents of our shoreline, Jace Tunnell writes.

Beau Greaves described his technique on catching a mud crab then disappeared halfway into a hole before emerging with the popular Australian delicacy. Mud crabs are considered a prized delicacy in the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. One such parasite lurks in Chesapeake Bay: an invasive barnacle that hijacks a mud crab’s reproductive system and impregnates it with parasite ...

A HAUL of mud crabs from northern Gold Coast waterways has cost a Woodridge man more than he bargained for. The Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP) officers caught the man with four ...

While fishing for crabs for the Tannum Crab Classic, Chris Faux was quick to save a catch that fell from his crab pot. Even though it meant diving in the water and using his bare hands. And, of course ...

Most of us know barnacles as those small, shelled creatures you find at the beach attached to rocks and piers. But, there’s one species of barnacle with a very different sort of life cycle. It’s a ...

Crustaceana, Vol. 84, No. 11 (October 2011), pp. 1281-1293 (13 pages) Autotomy of limbs has been observed for a variety of organisms and in some taxa has been shown to be an effective strategy for ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gladstone. Followed categories will be added to My News. While fishing for crabs for the Tannum Crab Classic, Chris Faux was quick to save a catch that fell from ...