In a heavily polluted mangrove forest, a population of fiddler crabs is thriving — and changing the way scientists think ...

Domenico Rossi, a fisherman from Torcello, an island near Venice, was 6 years old when he first went fishing with his dad. “I loved everything about it,” he says. “The long days out on the water, the ...

Despite being the size of a Post-It note, these tiny fiddler crabs can ingest and break down microplastic particles, researchers say. Tiny crabs have secretly been playing an “unheralded role” in ...

Crabs vs. Plastics: How tiny Fiddler Crabs play a surprising role in reducing microplastics A new study published in the journal Global Change Biology has revealed that tiny fiddler crabs-which grow ...

Tiny crabs have secretly been playing an “unheralded role” in cleaning up the planet by hoovering up microplastics. A new study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, tracked a population of ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash — The European green crab, a highly invasive species, continues to expand its presence in Washington waters. A community volunteer found a crab molt in Similk Beach, in the ...

While cruising the Texas coast this week during my Beachcombing survey, I came across one of the most entertaining — and ecologically important — residents of our shoreline: the fiddler crab. Easily ...

Several locals have reported "unusual amounts of dead horseshoe crabs" washing up on Massachusetts beaches in recent days. However, officials say the spectacle is no cause for concern, as they're just ...