Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blue crab is so named because of its sapphire-tinted claws. Its shell, or carapace, is actually a mottled brownish color, and ...

In the salty, brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay, a silent guardian sits amid swaying aquatic grasses, patrolling and protecting its marine life from diseases and dirtiness. Unlike most animals, ...

North Carolina's blue crab harvest dropped to a historic low of 9.5 million pounds in 2022. State officials are considering new restrictions, including harvest cutbacks, to help the declining crab ...

Beaufort native Brett Everett races across the glassy surface of the Morgan River in a 22-foot boat on a muggy 71-degree morning, using the Lowcountry waterway to drive deep into the salt marshes. But ...

There's nothing like sharing the love, but officials as far north as North Carolina aren't smiling over the latest invasive species making its way up the East Coast from Florida: blue land crabs.

ALL RIGHT, CHRISTOPHER, THANK YOU. WELL, THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT PLENTY OF CRABS CONSUMED THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, BUT THIS YEAR’S BLUE CRAB SEASON WON’T BE AS PLENTIFUL. THE STATE’S BLUE CRAB ...