What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Horseshoe crabs are marine arthropods that live primarily ... a decline in the population has occurred as a consequence of coastal habitat destruction in Japan and overharvesting along the east ...

The genus Uca (fiddler crabs) includes both estuarine and coastal species ... Species-specific differences in the proximity of adult habitats and hatching areas to the sea accounted for differences in ...

Horseshoe crab populations have crashed in recent decades because of overharvesting and habitat loss. “We’re wiping out one of the world’s oldest and toughest creatures,” said Will Harlan, a senior ...

BALASORE: The Indian horseshoe crabs, considered one of the oldest living animals on the planet, may soon have safe nesting ...

With the end of the 2023-2024 legislative session just six weeks away, Environmental advocates have launched a full-court ...