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 ...

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 ...

Living and studying the St. Johns River has many side benefits. For one thing, it is home to two of my favorite crustaceans. Some longtime readers of River Life might recall that the species nearest ...

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 ...