When you think about crabs, you probably picture an angry little creature shuffling sideways while pinching its claws in the air. However, these sideways walks are not the only form of movement of ...

The sargassum swimming crab is a remarkable pelagic crustacean that thrives among the drifting mats of seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Though primarily associated with ...

Our friends at See Through Canoe were able to capture an amazing moment as a horseshoe crab was caught on camera swimming. Horseshoe crabs normally swim near the ground but this interesting critter ...

On occasions I am asked to identify my favorite animal. This question usually comes up when I am talking to a group of elementary students and they get into what I term the superlative questions: What ...

Scuba diving in a cave under the reef at 40 feet deep, then looking up at the dark ceiling of the cave right into the psychedelic eyes of a 7-inch wide blue and orange crab is quite exciting! The ...

Fourteen years ago, Javier Luque was a geology student wrapping up a day of field work in his native Colombia when he swung his hammer at a section of rock and opened a window into the past. The layer ...

To restore the declining blue swimming crab fishery in Thailand and provide a model for successful fisheries management, WWF-Thailand has partnered with the National Fisheries Institute on a BSC ...

PHUM RIANG, Thailand — The sea is quiet except for the swish of the longtail boat cutting sharply through the waves. Fishermen Sutham Abmanee and Komsan Witan, from Phum Riang in Thailand’s Surat ...

Sargassum swimming crabs live in floating seaweed in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (renamed by the U.S. government as Gulf of America). They are camouflaged and small but aggressive ...