Biodiversity is often equated with species numbers. A team led by LMU zoologist Professor Carolin Haug has shown that matters are a good deal more complicated than that. The researchers compared the ...

Scientists have discovered a creepy new type of crab that disguises itself in hair scraped from other sea creatures. Despite their menacing appearance, the “fluffy” beasts actually use it as a ...

An invasive species had taken over ecosystems across the West Coast and was threatening to dominate another one in Monterey County, California, when ecologist Rikke Jeppesen began her research two ...

Somewhat overshadowed by the famous coelacanth (Latimeria spp.), another living fossil, horse-shoe crabs are insect-like species that live primarily in shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy ...

U.S. wild-caught red king crab is a smart seafood choice because it is sustainably managed and responsibly harvested under U.S. regulations. Habitat impacts from crab pots are minor because fishing ...

While they may not look particularly scary at first glance, these crustaceans continue to cause great concern on the east coast.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Meet the Mitten Crab, an invasive species native to East Asia that has found its way into New York waters," New York's Department ...