Many attending the Blue Crab Festival in Palatka last weekend were “shell-shocked” and disappointed with this year’s event.

A rare crab known for its bright blue color and giant size hasn’t been spotted on an Indian Ocean island following a deadly ...

Cavers encountered a massive blue crab in a cavern in India, marking the first time the at-risk species had been spotted in the region in 150 years, per a watershed study published May 26 in the ...

Soft-shell crab season has arrived, and Philadelphia restaurants are offering a variety of preparations — batter-fried, grilled, pan-seared, stuffed inside a hoagie, and even enveloped in a potato ...

Here is a list of eight animals that are considered real-life fossils that you should check it out. These ancient creatures have been around for over 450 million years, predating even the dinosaurs.

When oyster shells are harvested, it interrupts this natural cycle by removing shells from the system. By recycling and replanting the shells, oysters can use them to build new reefs where baby ...

Blue crabs grow by molting or shedding the hard exoskeleton, or shell. Each time a crab sheds, it comes out considerably larger. Right after shedding, the shell and meat of the crab are very soft and ...

The Maryland blue crab is renowned for its sweet and succulent meat, and I love steaming them in their hard-shell stage during the cold weather of early spring, when their meat is dense and beyond ...

Soft-shell season comes around every spring for about two weeks and happens as Atlantic blue crabs molt out of their hard shells when the water's climate and outdoor temperature is just right.

I also spied the multi-item Captain’s Platter as well as crab cakes and soft-shell crab ... Some of these are blue crab, crawfish, clams, green or black mussels, King or Dungeness crab legs ...

Blue crabs mate throughout the summer ... Striped bass and sea bass prey upon soft crabs, but once crabs develop their hard shells again, most large fish back off from their hardened claws.

The highly endangered whales migrate along the N.C. coast. Pounds of hard-shell blue crabs harvested in North Carolina in 2023, making it the top fisheries species by weight. The length ...