Crabs may owe their famous sideways walk to one evolutionary event that happened 200 million years ago. Researchers have ...

No. 1 male crabs are those that measure at least 6 1/2 inches from point to point. In Maryland, consumers will pay almost any price for No. 1s, so most of those caught in Louisiana's waters end up in ...

Did you know that Florida's stone crab fishery makes up 99 percent of all stone crab landings in the United States? It's the perfect time to brush up on your stone crab facts, since stone crab season ...

One of the closest things to a sure bet in California fishing this time of year is going on a trip for crab and rockfish. The vast majority of trips departing from harbors from Half Moon Bay to Bodega ...

There are roughly 7,000 species of true crabs on Earth, and nearly all of them scuttle sideways. That quirky gait is so ...

A federal effort to restrict imported crabmeat has sparked a legal fight that could disrupt supply, drive up prices and reshape the seafood industry.

Have you ever seen a living fossil? Horseshoe crabs spawn in Maryland’s coastal bays from May through July each year. These funny looking creatures go back 445 million years. Some people call them ...

A strong incoming tide on a morning earlier this week pushed a surge of brackish water up a marsh-rimmed slough connected to Galveston Bay, the tidal flow bearing on its bosom some of the fortunes and ...

The time has come that fans of one delectable treat dread each year – stone crab season comes to an end on Monday. Across the state, traps will be pulled in at midnight to allow crabs to multiple ...