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 ...

In fact, this is the case for many crab spider species, leading scientists to wonder what the male's camouflage strategy ...

Jerry Hollis took this photo in the mountains above the Valley of what appears to be a common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus ...

This shot of a pair of courting crab spiders, taken by nature photographer Sandip Guha in Shiliguri, India, highlights the ...

Frankie Hobro, director of Anglesey Sea Zoo, explained to North Wales Live: "These are both common British species. The crab is a spiny spider crab which can grow to a foot in diameter (closely ...

Two of Cornwall’s fish and crab species are to be renamed as part of a campaign designed to get more British diners hooked on the home-caught duo. Megrim sole and spider crab have long been ...