When it comes to reproduction, one type of red algae gets by with a little help from its friends: small sea crustaceans that transport sex cells between male and female algae, like pollen-laden bees ...

Fledgling crustaceans have eyes like the sea, a peculiarity that could help them hide from predators. Young shrimp, crab or lobster larvae already rock nearly translucent bodies to stay out of view.

Crabs have evolved to migrate from the sea to land then back again multiple times over the last 100 million years, scientists have discovered. A new study, published Nov. 6 in the journal Systematic ...

Crabs can feel pain when they are boiled alive during conventional food preparation —- as do other shellfish like lobsters, according to a new study. Zoologists from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg ...

Crabs’ famous sideways walk may trace back to a single evolutionary moment 200 million years ago. Researchers found that most ...

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