Sand crabs, a key species in beach ecosystems, were found to have increased adult mortality and decreased reproductive success when exposed to plastic microfibers, according to a new study. Sand crabs ...

Researchers at Nagoya University find a mechanical connection between sand crab burrow widths and widths of cometary pits using a simple granular experiment. Former graduate student, Ayuko Shinoda, ...

Among the surfers and beach-casting anglers, there’s a new visitor to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach shoreline. Benjamin McInroe is there for only one reason — to find Pacific mole crabs, creatures ...

Hunting, cooking and eating sand crabs, aka mole crabs or sand fleas Having long wondered if the sand crabs his kids dig up at the ocean's edge are edible, NJ Advance Media commentator Brian Donohue ...

Tiny pieces of plastic, many of them shed from synthetic clothing, are nearly ubiquitous in the waters off the Oregon coast, and they are having harmful effects on one species that acts as a ...

I paused during my beach walk to let nature sink in. I had a few free hours before sunset, so I had come to Torrey Pines State Beach for a late afternoon walk in the sand and to let my mind wander. As ...

The soldier crab Mictyris brevidactylus Stimpson inhabits sandy flats of Southeast Asia. The crabs that we studied fed on deposited matter in the surface sand in two ways. On well-drained sand in the ...

Mild weather and calm seas resulted in an uptick of positive results for anglers fishing the Monterey Bay this week. Santa Cruz’s Bayside Marine owner Todd Fraser encapsulated conditions well, ...

Sand crabs, a key species in beach ecosystems, were found to have increased adult mortality and decreased reproductive success when exposed to plastic microfibers, according to a new Portland State ...

Researchers have found a mechanical connection between sand crab burrow widths and widths of cometary pits using a simple granular experiment. Researchers at Nagoya University find a mechanical ...