Our planet is brimming with life, and the diversity of animal species on Earth is staggering. Over 2.1 million animal species ...

Crustaceans, a small but mighty animal classification group of invertebrates, can be found scuttling across the ocean floor, scavenging for their next snack. Lobster, shrimp, crab, and crayfish ...

But new research suggests that actually, these animals also chowed down on crustaceans. The prehistoric snacking was likely intentional and linked to mating behaviors. The scientists found tell ...

However, we cannot rule out that different animal-mediated fertilization mechanisms evolved independently and repeatedly in terrestrial and marine environments.” Crustaceans help to fertilize ...

They've adopted a crab-like body plan, but actually belong to a closely related group of crustaceans called "false crabs." When a trait appears in an animal and sticks around through generations ...

A number of marine animals — including ... and decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimp and crayfish) — will now be included on the list of sentient beings, which means their welfare ...

In his essay, Wills explains that crabs are part of a crustacean group called the decapods ... legs that bend “the wrong way”—other animals don’t expect anything to really run ...

Experts hope their plan will lead to their removal from the federal endangered species list. “It’s an exciting ... s “official amphipod.” And the crustaceans were used in an effort to ...

The earliest known central nervous system has been found in the remains of a crustacean that lived 520million years ago. The extinct animal unearthed in southern China has been so well preserved ...

As Director of Crustacean Compassion, the UK's only animal welfare organisation dedicated to crabs, lobsters and other decapod crustaceans, I am perhaps unusually attuned to conversations about crabs.