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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers sampled 95 fiddler crabs [Getty Images] A species of crab has been found to play an "unheralded role" in the breakdown ...

A species of crab has been found to play an "unheralded role" in the breakdown of microplastic particles, according to scientists. The University of Exeter said scientists observed fiddler crabs in a ...

For the Amant art center in Brooklyn, the artist Pierre Huyghe takes inspiration from a Superfund site for a new aquarium commission. Pierre Huyghe with his installation at the Amant arts center, ...

Jasmine Jones won a $25,000 grand prize at the yearly Crab Tank pitch competition (O’Doherty Photo/Baltimore Homecoming) Power Moves is a recurring series where we chart the comings and goings of ...

A potentially invasive crab species has landed in coastal South Carolina, from Hilton Head, though the Charleston area and up to Myrtle Beach. State regulators are asking the public to report ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings ...