A certain group of animals have evolved crab-like features due to a process called carcinization that occurs throughout millions of years. But that does not mean you will be seeing a giraffe ...

They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs.

Horseshoe crabs are marine arthropods that live primarily in and around shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. They occasionally come onto shore to mate. They are commonly used as ...

When water temperatures rise to 60 degrees and level off after the last cold snaps of winter, the coastline welcomes ...

Warming waters due to climate change are benefiting green crabs, a non native species. These small arthropods can damage eel ...

Horseshoe crabs have saved countless human lives, and now we should return the favor.” Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their ...

Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their intimidating appearance, they are completely harmless to humans. Each spring along the Atlantic ...