Noting that the "invasive species" have "found its way into New ... According to the DEC, mitten crabs can be identified by their "claws of equal size with white tips and dense patches of brown ...

For the study, 135 specimens from the East Scotia Ridge in the Scotia Sea were examined, and the team found the male Hoff crabs have oversized claws compared to females of similar size ...

piles of stone crab claws. Have claws cracked for you, and grab some of the famous Miss Wanda’s Homemade Mustard Sauce to bring to your accommodations or home. A cozy spot in Goodland ...

You can see its prominent eyes (1); its two pairs of antennae (2); the top of its asymmetrical claws, or chelipeds (3); and part of the shell it’s inhabiting at the rear (4). Biology in the background ...

Divers in the Caribbean Sea are increasingly encountering coral branches with missing tips. For a long time, it was unclear ...

They are believed to have originally arrived in the United States as hitchhikers on ships or through ballast water. These crabs are easy to recognize by the fuzzy "mittens" on their claws and the ...

Edible crabs have a matching pair of stocky, black-tipped claws (technically called chela), which they use to crush their prey. Another common British crab, the shore crab (Carcinus maenas), has a ...

Male crabs tend to have larger claws and more white meat. However, the females sometimes contain coral - a flavoursome red roe.

They cause problems by: damaging fishing gear such as nets with their sharp claws damaging river banks ... Only a handful of sightings have been recorded in the UK so far, but the Asian shore crab is ...