Small, fertile, rugged and fueled by an expansive appetite, the species, he says, is “an exemplary invader, a perfect invader ...

Observations of green crab population dynamics over time and space are essential for predicting and managing the ecological and economic impacts of this species. RICHMOND — Friends of ...

As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population might be the solution. Yes, says ecologist Rikke Jeppesen, whose team at ...

They have a few traits that make them, as conservation biologist Joe Roman put it to The New York Times, “a perfect invader”.

The study authors—who include Associate Professor Carl Boettiger—examined efforts to manage the European green crab, an invasive marine species that has spread to every continent except ...

And then last, green crabs can also consume small mudflat invertebrates that otherwise would have been available for shorebirds to eat. And the shorebirds use the estuaries as migratory stopovers.

Observations of green crab population dynamics over time and space are essential for predicting and managing the ecological ...