The conditions seem to be expediting plastic pollution degradation. Scientists sound alarm after making disturbing discovery ...

A recent study commissioned by the United Kingdom confirms what Swiss scientists determined in 2018: lobsters, crabs, and ...

Sometimes, we think a creature is scarce simply because it’s hard to observe. One such example is the supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea, which can reach about 13.4 inches in length. After years of ...

Researchers have previously identified at least 79 native species in Bermuda’s caves, including 67 crustaceans. “Of these, 21 species are copepods,” the paper said.

The Journal of Crustacean Biology is the official journal of The Crustacean Society, publishing research on all aspects of the biology of Crustacea and other marine arthropods. The Journal of ...

Bugs are crustaceans, and now experts can begin to wonder how that came to be. Editors’ note, April 10, 2025: A previous version misidentified the class known as “horseshoe shrimp”; they are ...

In March 2021, a study published in the journal BioEssays showed that at least five different crustaceans — some true crabs, some false crabs — have independently evolved to take on the form of a crab ...

Nissui has been granted a patent for an aquacultured crustacean with enhanced umami. The crustacean does not burrow in sand, contains specific amounts of glycine and alanine, and has a high content of ...

As crustaceans evolved into insects, endites were largely lost. But in butterflies and moths, the gene for them got reactivated, providing caterpillars with their prolegs. — — — ...

Observers used to think the crabs came together to moult and then mate, but Deakin researchers did not observe many examples of mating. This is fascinating because, based on similar species, the ...

BioEssays . For example, crabs' tucked-in tail, versus the lobster's much more prominent one, could reduce the amount of vulnerable flesh that's accessible to predators. And the flat, rounded ...

Crustaceans have repeatedly gone from having a cylindrical body plan with a big tail — characteristic of a shrimp or a lobster — to a flatter, rounder, crabbier look, with a much less ...