The boxer crab uses tiny anemones as miniature boxing gloves, one on each front claw. This is known as a mutually symbiotic relationship in the marine world. If the crab loses one of its anemone ...

There are thousands of crab species, each with its own unique features. While we think of crabs as beach creatures, there are many species that thrive in the deep sea. One example is the yeti crab, ...

Marine biologists exploring the Baltic floor were stunned to discover aquatic life thriving directly on top of rotting WWII ...

Sargassum swimming crabs live in floating seaweed in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (renamed by the U.S. government as Gulf of America). They are camouflaged and small but aggressive ...

The crabs are part of a larger poleward migration of tropical species driven by warming ocean temperatures. While associated with mangroves, the crabs have expanded beyond the trees' new range into ...

In an environment as vast and extreme as the world’s oceans, survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. That’s probably why cooperation is the name of the game for many of the more vulnerable ...